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'Eyes coming straight for me': Huge crocodile launches itself into boat with jaws wide open in strange attackQueensland authorities are on the lookout for a crocodile reported to have leapt into a fisher's boat at Jane Creek before losing its balance and tumbling back into the water.
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Pinky-white leucistic alligator with blue eyes born in Florida is 1 of only 8 in the worldAn extremely rare leucistic alligator born in Gatorland, Orlando, is the result of a genetic condition that leads to the partial loss of skin pigmentation, resulting in white or translucent skin.
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World's oldest tortoise still randy at 191 years oldJonathan, the world's oldest tortoise, has turned 191, living through 40 U.S. presidents and 31 St. Helena governors.
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Why does Australia have so many venomous animals?Scientists explain why animals in Australia wield venom as a weapon.
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200-pound 'monster' Burmese python finally captured in Florida after 5 men sit on itA huge Burmese python caught in Florida is the second-heaviest ever caught in the state, weighing in at 198 pounds.
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Surprise discovery of snake-like lizard feared extinct leaves scientists amazedResearchers found three species of skink in Australia they feared could be extinct, including the Lyon's grassland striped skink.
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Earless monitor lizards: The 'Holy Grail' of reptiles that looks like a mini dragonResearchers are only beginning to understand the cryptic lives of the earless monitor lizards of Borneo.
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Newly discovered Cretaceous sea monster named after world-ending Norse serpentPaleontologists have described a new species of mosasaur with "angry eyebrows" that lived 80 million years ago.
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Ancient Egyptian papyrus describes dozens of venomous snakes, including rare 4-fanged serpentAncient Egypt had far more venomous snakes than the country does today, according to a new study of a scroll.
