Butterscotch, a 19-foot python, goes missing from her enclosure even though the doors are shut and the lock is still on.

Two alligator-related incidents occurred in Florida on Sunday, June 28, with one leading to the death of a woman who was ...

Hunters participating in the Florida Python Challenge in July will have an abundance of python meet. But it is advised that ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife captured and euthanized a bear after it injured two people outside of a home in the Old Mammoth area of Mammoth Lakes Monday morning. The attack happened ...

The homeowner called Snake Catcher Dan to remove the coastal carpet python from her bathroom, where the snake ended up after spending the night in the home Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

The male mosquitoes are infected with Wolbachia bacteria, which prevents eggs from hatching when they mate with wild females This method targets the Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito, a carrier of West ...

The 2026 tick season has started, and with it comes Lyme disease. The New Jersey Department of Health confirmed the Garden State is considered a high-incidence state for Lyme disease, and while the ...

Q. I’ve had chigger bites three times now. I used clear nail polish on the bites, and it immediately took the itch away by suffocating the chiggers. This definitely works! A. Dermatologists have long ...

Early-season tick bites have been driving more people to emergency rooms since 2017, and Virginia, along with several other northeastern states, is in the bull’s-eye. “Ticks worry me more than bears ...

A beaver that bit multiple people at a park in Bergen County May 3 has tested positive for rabies, officials said. Mahwah police responded to Lake Henry in the Continental Soldiers Park complex on the ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — An Evansville man was arrested Saturday after police say he allegedly assaulted "multiple" people and then bit a sheriff's deputy. According to a release from the Vanderburgh County ...

As Florida temperatures climb, so do snake sightings, especially of invasive Burmese pythons, which become more active and easier to spot during warmer months. The Burmese python is a large, ...