Animals protect themselves from being eaten by other animals in countless ways. Some are commonplace. Others are ...

Most people think frogs are harmless bug-chompers but this shocking amphibian flips the script. This frog doesn’t just defend ...

Invasive northern snakeheads can “walk” on land, breathe air and survive out of water for several days, and they also compete with native species in waterways ...

A viral TikTok video shows a harmless diamondback water snake in the Comal River, causing some to rethink tubing in New ...

There is a broad range of predators that eat snakes. This includes many birds that can drop down on the normally suspicious ...

Copperheads are the only venomous snake you’re likely to encounter in the Triangle and central NC. Here’s how to identify and ...

Tis the season for the many varieties of amphibians, and April is National Frog Month – a way to bring attention to the need for conservation efforts to protect them. Frogs represent transition – ...

Timber rattlesnakes, copperheads, rat snakes and hingsnakes are all bigger snakes that eat a lot of small mammals, like rats and mice. They're one of many predators to help keep those populations of ...

Timber rattlesnakes, copperheads, rat snakes and hingsnakes are all bigger snakes that eat a lot of small mammals, like rats and mice. They're one of many predators to help keep those populations ...

One of just seven specimens of the mysterious Leyte Chorus Frog collected by W. H. Stickel on Nov. 20, 1944, from Leyte, Philippines. Part of the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History.

Garter snake slithering through garden. Image by Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Can you guess what ...