Scientists are in a race against time to document and safeguard the diversity of lizards that live on the island and its ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — Warmer weather in Georgia means more time outside and more chances to cross paths with snakes. The good news: most aren’t dangerous. The better news: most bites are preventable.

Burger King looks to be packing on the sales, while the register at McDonald's (MCD) may be a tad slimmer. "We believe the war and rising gas prices are partly to blame [for slowing McDonald's sales], ...

What is widely regarded as one of the world's most breathtaking beaches and a premier diving destination in the US became the setting for a scene that will forever torment one man, after his friend ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Scientists recently split the king cobra into four separate ...

She's more than 23 feet long, and verified by Guinness World Records. Snake rescuer Budi Purwanto runs a shelter for rescued pythons. He saved the record-breaking snake Ibu Baron, a name which means ...

A Florida man convicted of murdering a 5-year-old girl by abandoning her in the Florida Everglades will not get the death penalty, a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge ruled Friday. Harrel Braddy’s ...

A South Florida man who dropped off a 5-year-old child in the Everglades to be eaten alive by gators nearly three decades ago was given a second chance at life as jurors recommended he should spend ...

Quatisha Maycock was still wearing her Polly Pocket pajamas when Harrel Braddy left the 5-year-old in Florida’s Alligator Alley to be eaten alive by alligators, according to prosecutors. The horrific ...

Quatisha 'Candy' Maycock, 5, had 'teeth marks deep into her skull' from an 'alligator [trying] to bite her head,' State Attorney Abbe Rifkin told jurors Chris Spargo is a senior reporter at PEOPLE who ...

In November 1998, Harrel Braddy kidnapped Shandelle Maycock and her 5-year-old daughter, Quantisha “Candy” Maycock Miami-Dade Corrections; AP Photo/J. Pat Carter A Florida man convicted in a ...