The Year of the Snake has begun with the Chinese Lunar New Year. People celebrated in China, Japan, Paris and New York City, ...

In a coastal town in Rio de Janeiro, hundreds of revelers covered themselves in mud to celebrate Brazil's carnival.

Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and Audubon Vermont are recommending people check to see if the area they are planning ...

The metre-long (3ft) snake was discovered in a plastic box near ... RSPCA say they found the dogs living in mud and faeces in home 'not fit for humans or animals'.

Helene's devastating rains caused more than 2,000 landslides across North Carolina. Here's what geologists are doing to map out and expand a public database.

How do you stay safe while you begin the clean up and recovery? It can be helpful to have a plan of action ready.

According to Montero, the myth implies that, after a god's passing, its essence gets imprisoned in a mundane creature, ...

The first instance we see is Snake wading through a river wearing an alligator head to fool a nearby enemy, as well as covering himself in mud to blend into the riverbank as a soldier walks by.

Read more poetic translations of scientific research in Creature Needs. Reprinted from Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the ...

Would you rather go 30 days without the internet or showers? This list of absurd, funny, and thought-provoking questions is ...

At first glimpse, a pneumatophore could easily be mistaken for a snake poking its head out of ... which is lacking in the mud that surrounds them. The pneumatophores act as snorkels for the ...

At the nature reserve, you can spot a wide variety of insects, birds and animals including marsh harriers, skylarks, butterflies, and grass snakes ... going on such as mud art, making seed ...