American Bittern eating a mud snake at Brazos Bend State Park in March 2022. (Elise Kitchens, Elise Kitchens) BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK, Texas – The early bird gets the worm — or in this case, the snake.

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The diets of snakes diversified massively in the aftermath of the mass extinction event that wiped out the non-bird dinosaurs, contributing to the existence of the 4000 snake species we know today.

Many birds feed on mosquitoes that spread the West Nile virus, a disease that killed 286 people in the United States in 2012 according to the Centers for Disease Control. Birds also eat insects that ...

Q: My husband was excited when he witnessed a robin building a nest by recycling a shed skin from a snake that lives at the foundation of our house in Clarksville, Tennessee. We're not sure exactly ...

An 89-year-old Florida woman known to her family as "Grandma Bunny" bashed in the head of a 6-foot-long snake after she caught the reptile eating a bird in her backyard. Garlene Eiceman first thought ...

When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an interesting decor choice. Researchers find that for some birds, it keeps predators at bay. When a bird drapes its nest with snake ...