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How do rattlesnakes rattle?The rattlesnake's rattle is nothing like a maraca.
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Crocodiles are drawn to the wails of crying human babies and infant primatesNile crocodiles seemed to respond more strongly to intense crying from human and ape infants, compared to calmer, quiet cries.
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Long-held myth says Hurricane Andrew sparked Florida's Burmese python problem. Is it true?The 1992 storm destroyed a python breeding facility, potentially setting hundreds of pythons free. But it's likely the invasive species had gained a foothold in the Everglades long before the hurricane hit.
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Enormous Burmese python killed in Florida Everglades was about to lay 60 eggsInvasive pythons across the state are about to start laying their eggs after spring's mating season, with the 16-foot (5 meter) female caught being no exception.
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Watch 2 giant, highly venomous black mambas fighting in someone's backyardThe 2 male black mambas, both over 8 feet (2.4 meters) long, were wrapped around each other and wrestling over a female during mating season.
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120-year-old Cassius is pushing limit of crocodile longevity — and he's got 'years to come,' expert saysThe ancient, 18-foot-long crocodile — the world's largest living in captivity — is healthy but occasionally displays signs of trauma from his troubled youth in the wild.
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1st gene-edited snakes use mysterious 'Turing patterns' to achieve near-perfect hexagonal scalesScientists used CRISPR editing to make the world's 1st genetically modified snakes, giving new insight into how the reptiles develop their patterned scales
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World's largest captive croc turns 120, giving scientists 'serious knowledge on longevity'Researchers captured Cassius in 1984 because the "big old gnarly crocodile" was causing trouble on a cattle farm, and ferried him to Green Island, Australia, where he still lives today.
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Crocodile murder mystery deepens following discovery of 2nd corpse with 'fileted' headAn anonymous person allegedly told a wildlife tour operator who was very fond of the crocodile "Lizzie" that the killing was a way of proving that humans, not crocodiles, are the apex predator.
