New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a ...

Researchers have discovered two unusual bird species in New Guinea that are unlike most others. These birds don’t just stand ...

An area non-profit organization is planning a pilot study of rat contraceptives, starting this summer near Lincoln Park, in ...

One theory for the origin of this poison is the birds’ diet. “It’s been put forth that they eat these Choresine beetles and that’s how they get their toxin,” says Jønsson.

Chicago's rat reputation has long been cemented, with Orkin naming the city the country's rattiest city each year for the past decade.

Colorado has more than two dozen species of snakes, but only three are venomous. Do you know what to do if you find one? Here ...

The four types of venomous snakes native to Kansas all share the same distinctive physical feature, a heat-sensitive pit in ...

A non-venomous snakebite is called a dry bite ... but also will consume other snakes, and occasionally birds and frogs. Animals that prey on the snakes include hawks, skunks, raccoons, and ...