When it comes to animal identification, people are often quick to imagine they are seeing something truly bizarre (and non-existent) than they are to conclude that they have seen something truly ...

Scientists are studying the snake-hunting ability of the secretary bird from sub-Saharan Africa, which can kick a snake to death with a force five times its own body weight. Matthew Stock reports.

A hungry bird has been pictured taking on a venomous snake in Texas. Posting on the Facebook group Texas Snake Identification, Waller resident Bonnie Blink said the bird was her "resident roadrunner." ...

Snake-hunting Secretary Birds use the force of five times their body weight to stamp on and kill their prey. Researchers have discovered that Secretary Birds can kick with 195 Newtons, which is ...

The bird and carpet python were 'literally touching noses' when a professional arrived to remove the snake, per Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers A professional snake catcher intercepted a close call, ...

It’s snake-bird season in North Carolina. The ostrich-necked, fan-tailed fish hunter also known as a water turkey, or anhinga, typically resides in the bayous of Louisiana and Florida. However, it ...

Researchers had previously blamed Guam’s devastating brown tree snake invasion on the snake’s uniquely toxic venom. This venom, irditoxin, is actually present in all snakes within the cat-eye family, ...

Q: My husband was excited when he witnessed a robin building a nest by recycling a shed skin from a snake that lives at the foundation of our house in Clarksville, Tennessee. We're not sure exactly ...

Source: Francis C. Franklin, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC-BY-SA-3.0 license. In what’s referred to as Batesian mimicry, harmless species can protect themselves from predators by ...

GUAM -- The jungles of this tropical island pulse with life. Lush vegetation blocks the sky. The underbrush rustles with unseen creatures. Insects struggle and perish in a tiny world beneath human ken ...