When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an interesting home décor choice. For some birds, it keeps predators at bay. Researchers combined new and historical data to show ...

One defense strategy that birds might employ involves draping their nests with snake skin. This tactic helps keep predators away, preventing them from eating eggs. Researchers analyzed new and ...

Australian people have a reputation for being hardy and fearless — after all, when you live in a country that has every kind of poisonous snake and spider known to man, not to mention the ...

While bird strikes have caused notable aviation incidents worldwide, including a recent Jeju Airline crash in Korea, the risk ...

A new species of parrot snake lay undetected for nearly nine years ... hunting small lizards and birds among tree branches. Researchers suspect the species may be endemic to Brazil’s Cerrado ...

By his estimate, the organization has about 300 reptiles in its care, or upwards of about 1,000 animals once invertebrates and birds are factored in. The snake from Market Basket is now being ...

Flying snake is a misnomer ... but they are known to eat rodents, lizards, frogs, birds, and bats. They are mildly venomous snakes, but their tiny, fixed rear fangs make them harmless to humans.

"Treat any snake you see as potentially venomous ... Carer Cheryl Hudson said bird nests and microbat roosts had been washed away from their lodgings. "Especially the starlings.