Found in the eastern regions of the United States, copperheads are one of the most common venomous snakes in North America. With skin the color of autumn leaves, these stealthy snakes are often ...

Live concerts, fireworks and roaring stadium crowds can reach dangerously high volumes — loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss. But what was the loudest sound ever recorded on Earth? The answer ...

Burmese pythons are among the largest snakes in the world. Adult animals average between 10 and 16 feet long, according to the University of Florida. The large, nonvenomous constrictor snakes are ...

Three hunters recently captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught the invasive snake near Everglades City just after midnight on ...

Maryland biologists got a real-life brush with a local legend this fall when they caught “Chessie” — the largest female Atlantic sturgeon ever recorded in their Marshyhope Creek gillnetting survey — ...

According to researchers, answering questions like these holds the key to success. Earlier this year, psychology researchers Michael Wilmot, Brenton Wiernik, and Denise Ones published what many are ...

The combined revenue from the world's largest weapons manufacturers and defense-related companies climbed by close to 6 percent last year, reaching the highest level ever recorded, according to one of ...

Eight hundred and eleven pounds of potatoes, 402 challahs, 68 chefs, 59 people named David and 27 people named Rachel. It all adds up to the world’s largest Shabbat dinner, which was organized by ...

With a gust in Hurricane Melissa setting a record for peak gust measured by a specialized instrument dropped into the eye of a hurricane – 252 mph – you might be wondering what the fastest wind speeds ...

"The things that make us different and unique should always be celebrated," said Jessica L. Martinez, whose afro measures over 6 feet Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began ...

Hurricane Melissa has officially entered the record books after scientists verified a wind gust of 252 mph as the storm approached Jamaica last month. The National Center for Atmospheric Research at ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida. The event aims to raise public awareness about the threat invasive species pose to the ...