Snakes may have a reputation for being mysterious or even frightening, but many species are surprisingly docile. Even in interactions with humans, these snakes remain gentle and peaceful. Around the ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Hannah Shirley, the world’s oldest living pygmy hippopotamus in managed care, is celebrating her 52nd birthday at the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center. The ...

Burmese pythons, one of the largest snake species in the world, could be the most destructive invasive animal in Florida Everglades history. They can swim, burrow and climb trees, and they eat almost ...

Trevor Evans peers into a wooden nest box. “Ah, somebody’s awake,” he says with satisfaction as he pulls out a tiny, wriggly scrap of fur with a long tail – a thumb-sized mountain pygmy-possum ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One of John Ball Zoo’s newest residents is making a splash during his public debut. Hugo, the nearly two-month-old pygmy hippo calf, had his first members-only preview on Monday, ...

Mars is a pygmy hippo calf born at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in June to his mother Posey. He has recently become an internet sensation. Jaime Green The Wichita Eagle Kansas has a superstar. He’s ...

A new baby pygmy hippo was born at John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is the fourth pygmy hippo born in a U.S. zoo in the last year, which is significant for the endangered species. Pygmy ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — An 11-pound bundle of joy made history at the John Ball Zoo on Wednesday. First-time parents Penelope and Jahari have welcomed their baby, the zoo announced on Facebook, marking ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

In rough, boulder-strewn waters off eastern South Africa, researchers have found a new species: a pygmy seahorse about the size of a grain of rice. The finding shocked them because all seven species ...

Residents of downtown Los Angeles were recently shocked to discover a gigantic 20-foot python in a dumpster near an apartment complex. Locals originally thought the snake was fake, but further ...