Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burmese pythons are an invasive species in the Florida Everglades where they are decimating some medium-sized mammal species.

This Instagram post of a Burmese python eating a 77-pound white-tailed deer is quite horrifying. It teaches us a lot about the power of these incredible but invasive reptiles. At the same time, it ...

Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant, which can weigh up to 6,000 kg. This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the landscape of what is now ...

Carcass of adult African elephant. By Geraldshields11 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, , CC BY-SA Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg). This ...

The Florida Python Challenge is fast approaching, and hunters can sign up now to euthanize as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible in 10 days to help protect the Everglades (and potentially win ...

Footage from Python Cave in Uganda shows leopards, monkeys and eagles all feasting on virus-riddled fruit bats. Scientists ...

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Elephants have fascinated people for centuries, and the more scientists study them, the more impressive they seem. Their intelligence, physical abilities, and social lives reveal a level of complexity ...

WASHINGTON — An Asian elephant escaped from her habitat before opening Sunday at a New Mexico zoo, took a stroll and sampled some plants and trees along the way. The 52-year-old elephant, named Alice, ...