It’s not just the rain. While it may seem like snakes slither out in droves during a storm, the truth is more complex.

This week, as a part of the Liberty Hill Public Library's summer reading program, The Independent sponsored two shows by ...

In D-FW, alligators have been spotted in the Trinity River watershed region. Specific sightings also include Lake Worth and ...

The Permian period was one of the most extreme and unforgiving chapters in Earth’s history. In this video, we dive into the ...

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Deep in the frozen wilderness of Antarctica, buried beneath more than 60 million years of sediment, scientists have uncovered ...

As green iguanas become a nuisance in Florida, officials have moved to let people profit from hunting the lizards, then sell them out of state ...

Of the 32 snake species in Tennessee, only four are venomous: copperhead, cottonmouth, timber rattlesnake, and pygmy rattlesnake. Copperhead bites are the most common venomous snake bites in Tennessee ...

Not only is Hemsworth the most enormous funnel web spider in Australia, but he was also discovered to be a new species.