In todays video, Im stepping way outside my comfort zone and handling a venomous snake for the first time . This experience ...

Gentle hands, scaly friend — meet the bearded dragon, a low-maintenance reptile with a lot of personality. (Green Shoot Media photo) Reptiles can be low-maintenance options for animal companionship ...

Many people think that Salmonella infections are caused only by contaminated food, but you can also get infected by handling reptiles, which include turtles, lizards, and snakes, and amphibians like ...

As more people have exotic pets and more people move to Florida and encounter wild animals, firefighters are getting more interesting calls for help. The St. Augustine Fire Department is choosing to ...

Six salmonella cases linked to aquatic turtles have prompted a warning from the Southern Nevada Health District. Five children and one adult contracted salmonella after contact with aquatic turtles ...

A Kentucky church's insistence on using venomous snakes in Sunday sermons — despite two fatal bites since 1995 — has local authorities trying to find a balance between public safety and religious ...

When fundamentalist preacher Jamie Coots died after handling a snake during a church service four years ago, it led to a flurry of news reports about the circumstances surrounding his death and why he ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. – The pastor of a Kentucky church that handles snakes in religious rites was among 10 people arrested by wildlife officers in a crackdown on the venomous snake trade. More than 100 ...

WEBSITE AND OUR MOBILE APP. NEW TONIGHT, THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE IS EXPANDING ITS ABILITY TO CARE FOR SOME OF THE NOT SO FURRY ANIMALS IN ITS CARE. THOSE ANIMALS NEED LOVE TOO, RIGHT? KCCI IS PEPPER ...

Almost 850 people have fallen ill with Salmonella infections in recent years as part of an outbreak linked to feeder rodents. The outbreak was first investigated in 2015 and most of those sick lived ...

The horrifying moment a giant snake sank its teeth into the arm of a seasoned reptile handler has been captured on video. Jay Brewer founded The Reptile Zoo in Fountain Valley, California and ...