Burmese pythons, one of the largest snakes in the world, are best known for the way they catch and eat their food. The snake uses its sharp rearward-pointing teeth to seize prey, and then coils its ...

Known as “America’s wolf,” red wolves are the only species of wolf that lives in the United States—and nowhere else.

Komodo dragons are the biggest and heaviest lizards on Earth. Full-grown adults can reach 10 feet (3 meters) long and weigh more than 300 pounds (140 kilograms)! Most weigh about 150 pounds (70 ...

These seabirds are known for their wild look and sound—no wonder they're sometimes called the rock stars of the penguin world ...

The Gila monster is one of only a few poisonous lizards in the world. The Gila (pronounced HEE-luh) is the largest lizard ...

Snowy plovers are small shorebirds that dash in and out of waves at the beach. While it looks like they are playing, these ...

Ali and Sean travel back 80 million years to check out Tylosaurus, a prehistoric reptile that lived in what is now Kansas. They find out about life underwater for this enormous creature and get an ...

When you see a snowy owl, it's clear how the bird probably got its name: they're snow-white. Males are generally whiter than females. As males grow older, they get whiter. The females never become ...

Slowly stalking down the snowy hillside, the Amur leopard watches its prey through the trees. In the clearing below, a sika deer munches on tree bark, one of its few remaining food sources during the ...

An American robin hops along the bright green grass of a small field, the fresh morning dew dampening its small feet. It stops to poke its yellow beak into the moist dirt. With a firm grasp, the robin ...

An adult African elephant's trunk is about seven feet (two meters) long! It's actually an elongated nose and upper lip. Like most noses, trunks are for smelling. When an elephant drinks, it sucks as ...