Blame the Cake Boss. Ever since the show - and, arguably, Food Network's lineup of dessert competition shows - became nationwide hits, a plain old sheet cake doesn't cut it anymore. People want ...

Snake wrangler Marissa Maki said the snakes likely found easy access to the garage through a small gap by the door Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been ...

Snakes with legs may sound like nightmare fuel to some, but in fact they did originally have legs that disappeared through evolution. Some snakes do have vestigial legs, which are essentially useless, ...

There is an unwelcome earthworm in our midst. This comes as no surprise to folks with an aversion to slime. But to gardeners and farmers who rightfully tout the contribution of most wrigglers to soil ...

People are still talking about a Facebook post by the North Carolina Park and Recreation Department last week that caused quite a stir on the internet with a reference to a “zombie snake.”(Archive ...

Crazy snake worms are slithering into gardens across New England, and they mean big trouble, experts say. Yes, that’s their real name. (Their scientific name is Amynthas agrestis.) The gray worms, ...

This weekend, after 20 years of handling snakes, Jamie Coots received his final bite. A rattler got him in the back of the hand. It happened as Coots, a Pentecostal minister, was leading the Saturday ...

One of the deadliest snakes in the world has been found hiding inside a rat-infested air conditioning unit. Stuart Mckenzie, the snake catcher tasked with tracking it down and capturing it, posted ...

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