Research: Fear of reptiles may be universal, but it's not necessarily innate. Jan. 26, 2011— -- Fear of snakes, spiders and other creepy crawlers is so universal that most of us probably believe ...

Scientists undertook the first comprehensive assessment of how often snakes eat their own, uncovering reports of the behavior ...

So that's why "Snakes on a Plane" gave us the heebie-jeebies! Two University of Virginia researchers have found that humans have a genetic predisposition to be mortally afraid of snakes. "I basically ...

With Halloween just around the corner, many of us have creepy imagery on the mind, especially as we gear up to decorate our houses with ghosts and goblins and muster up the scariest costumes we can ...

Snakes do not hear the world the way we do. They do not see expressions or understand fear on a human face. What they ...

At LegaSea Aquarium and The Reptarium, you can hold a lizard, alligator and a Burmese python, as well as interact with Madagascar hissing cockroaches, stingrays and a bearcat. And that’s just ...

Snakeskin decor is a bold interior design choice—but for some birds, it's literally a matter of life and death. This is the conclusion of researchers from New York's Cornell University, who found ...