Live frogs, snakes and a gelatin frog for dissection are among the things children saw this week as they experienced the life of a herpetologist at the Cook Museum of Natural Science’s sold-out Jr.

An 82-year-old woman in eastern China stunned her community after swallowing eight live frogs in a desperate attempt to ease her lower back pain, following a traditional folk remedy. The woman, known ...

Snakes live almost everywhere on Earth, except the polar regions, where it’s too cold for these cold-blooded animals. Snakes live in deserts and forests, whether they are tropical or temperate. They ...