A newly identified New Guinea groundsnake named for Slash is genetically distinct from its relatives and lives in threatened ...

The bearded capuchins of northeastern Brazil typically eat plant-based foods, but they turn to small vertebrates when those ...

For most people, monkeys are closely associated with fruit, leaves and insects. But when their preferred plant foods become ...

Across 45 months in Brazil, capuchin monkeys ate lizards, rodents and snakes, hinting at how our own ancestors began eating ...

A New Guinea snake was just named after Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash, tracing back to a herpetologist's childhood magazine.

The reticulated python is not merely enormous. According to the video, it is the only snake species with confirmed ...

Males hunted prey more often and went after more dangerous prey such as snakes. The post Monkeys hunt animals like lizards ...

Monkeys hunt for meat – including snakes and lizards – when fruit and veg are scarce, reveals new research. The switch to ...

Learn how capuchin monkeys hunt when fruit runs low, which parts of their prey they eat first, and what this may reveal about ...

Asian swamp eels are an invasive, air-breathing fish that pose a significant threat to the Florida Everglades ecosystem.

Alligators are often described as “living dinosaurs,” and there’s truth to that cliché. And the Savannah River is natural ...

Jodie Foster, a 15-foot reticulated python at Chester Zoo, has made veterinary history after receiving electrochemotherapy ...