The state’s venomous snakes — including copperheads — do not get high off the ground, Owens said. Copperheads — the venomous snake most likely to be seen around central North Carolina and the Triangle ...

Wildlife officials are keeping a close eye on the spread of avian influenza after nearly 300 birds were found dead along the North Carolina coast earlier this year — most of them ...

Here is a list of the 10 common backyard birds (in no particular order) in the Wilmington area that are here year-round. Blue ...

Because of the alligators in North Carolina, it can be unsafe to swim in natural bodies of water throughout the state.

With approximately 300,000 black bears in the United States, this species is the country’s most abundant bear, and their ...

Love, who is a birder, was familiar with the behavior and found the display “amusing,” but something stood out: After each ...

Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with ...

Asian needle ants spread across 20 US states causing life-threatening allergic reactions. The invasive species peaks in ...

This May, divers found stony coral tissue loss disease on corals in Laughing Bird Caye National Park, Belize, for the first ...