A new study has claimed the Aesculapian snake was 'accidentally' introduced to the UK - with experts saying the reptiles can ...

Feel like dissing instead of kissing your former lover this Valentine’s Day? Think your ex is more like a rat than a prince?

This video showcases the Largest Sidewinder Rattlesnake In The WORLD! Besides its unique characteristic of movement across sandy deserts and other rough terrain, this particular snake is notable for ...

The average size of an adult western diamondback rattlesnake is between 4 and 6 feet. Heftier snakes can weigh nearly 15 pounds, but the average weight is three to six pounds.

Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence and ...

Contender, a male great white shark measuring nearly 14 feet long, is the largest ever tagged and studied among the Northwest ...

The suspect confessed to owning a variety of snakes, including a monocled cobra, a green bush viper, rat snakes, bull snakes ...

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A GLASGOW prison is dealing with a rat infestation within its kitchens ... "There is certainly an appetite in Glasgow, the country's largest city, to sustain some sort of social history museum about ...

I've walked along one of the streets and a giant rat ran past me in the middle of the day," said Alejandra Bravo, a Toronto city councillor who proposed the successful motion to build a rat ...

He and his team decided to change that. They requested rat stats from the 200 biggest US cities by population, but found only 13 had the quality long-term data they needed. To give more ...