The 21-year-old from central Jiangxi province bought the Indonesian pit viper for 1,850 yuan ($260) two days after the release of Disney’s animated hit “Zootopia 2” on November 26. Qi’s favorite ...

Zootopia 2 sparks a dangerous trend in China as fans buy venomous pit vipers, proving pop culture’s influence can quickly ...

Zootopia 2 helps give reptile pets a better image – they’re not oddballs...,' said one man who recently bought an Indonesian ...

Disney’s first reptile protagonist Gary De’Snake is enchanting Chinese fans and allowing the studio to strike gold in the ...

Asian pit vipers of the genus Trimeresurus are notoriously difficult to tell apart and continue puzzling researchers to this day. Some species groups have similar-looking species (different species ...

From bloodsucking fly mites to fish being swallowed whole, photographers get up close and personal with an array of animals in this year's shortlisted entries for the Close-up Photographer of the Year ...

In the animal kingdom, there are many grand examples of species that make sense of their world by expertly deciphering even weak signals from their surroundings. An eagle soaring above the ground ...

Scientists in China found a 2-foot-long predator with a “mesh pattern” on its eyes and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Jonathan Mabey via Unsplash As night fell across southern ...

Finding and describing new species can be a tricky endeavor. Scientists typically look for distinctive characters that can differentiate one species from another. However, variation is a continuum ...