If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...

Sometimes plunging in headfirst and barehanded is the most efficient way to nab the lizard, says Mike Kimmel, who goes by Python Cowboy.

The Justice Department on Monday said it has arrested four people in the Los Angeles area for allegedly working together on a bomb plot that was set to take place around the city on New Year’s Eve.

The story of Rockalina the turtle — who was rescued after nearly a half-century of neglect — now has a new character. Enter an Oreo-sized baby turtle, who will be Rockalina's new friend and who ...

NEW ORLEANS — Audubon Aquarium is now home to tiny Diamondback terrapins as part of Louisiana’s first-ever terrapin head-start program. Diamondback terrapins are a species of turtle native to the ...

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The very-crowded San Diego Humane Society is trying something new with folks considering adding a dog to the family. Under the new Adoption Trial Program, "trial adopters" can pick out an "adult" ...

A royal tern was hit by a car in 1968 along the then-new Sanibel Causeway. That single accident led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Southwest Florida's most beloved creatures and the ...

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — In light of the suspension in SNAP benefits caused by the government shutdown, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (TMBCI) has launched a food assistance program to ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Sea Aggie cadets from the Texas A&M Maritime Academy pitched in to help move a giant sea turtle that's being treated at the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research in Galveston. The ...