The yellow-bellied slider is a semiaquatic turtle, native to southeastern United States, where it is the most common turtle species. As the name suggests, they have a yellow belly that is buried under ...

From the Carolina wolf spider to the striped bass, the state animals of South Carolina are fascinating species!

The east coast of the U.S. is usually considered to be home to some of the tamer animals in America, excluding the alligators ...

Snakes are among the most feared predators on Earth, armed with venom, stealth, and some of the most specialized hunting adaptations in the animal kingdom. But not all snakes are equally dangerous. In ...

Snakes may be among the most widespread reptile species in the world, having over 3,000 different species spread across the ...

Georgia has strict rules about owning exotic animals as pets. These are for your safety and the well-being of the animals we ...

SEWE 2026 brings DockDogs competitions, a spotlight on Turtle Survival Alliance, special shows at the Gaillard and more to ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

A decade after tour guide Basil P. Das stumbled upon a small black-and-beige snake while working on his coffee farm in southern India, researchers have described it as a new-to-science species. “When ...

A strange little snake fossil found on England’s south coast has finally revealed its secrets—more than 40 years after it was discovered. The newly named Paradoxophidion richardoweni lived around 37 ...

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office seized 52 abandoned, nonvenomous snakes from a local property. An individual was reportedly breeding the snakes at their workplace and left them behind after being ...