Two Pasco County residents were recovering at a Tampa hospital Monday after being bitten by rattlesnakes during the weekend. ...more

November 3, 2009

Sheila and Michael Brewer are accustomed to rescuing cats, dogs and unwanted farm animals – but not a reptile so big they don't have a dog crate large enough for it. But that's what happened last Thursday when they came across a 4-foot iguana sunning itself outside a medical building in Pinellas Park. The Brewers were in Pinellas checking out possible foster homes for their rescued animals. ...more

October 20, 2009

One fatality was reported Monday when a pygmy rattlesnake bit an 87-year-old woman on the hand. The final score: Cane-wielding octogenarian, 1: venomous snake, 0. ...more

August 10, 2009

An American Crocodile whose skull was rebuilt by veterinarians at Miami Metrozoo has died. ...more

April 3, 2009

Attitude, the alligator, gets amorous whenever her friend, the garbage truck, rumbles by. Or she gets angry, thinking an intrusive reptile is lurking in her territory. ...more

February 18, 2009

Attitude, the alligator, gets amorous whenever her friend, the garbage truck, rumbles by. Or she gets angry, thinking an intrusive reptile is lurking in her territory. Either way, the 25-year-old American alligator - the queen mum at Sarasota Jungle Gardens - acts weird. Twice a week, a city garbage truck growls nearby and hoists garbage bins into its cavernous maw, Attitude, who's been at the park for about 10 years, jerks her head up, hoists her tail and lets out a bellow for the ages. ...more

February 17, 2009

Those with ophidiophobia didn't shy away from the 42nd Annual Rattlesnake Festival on Saturday. The festival continues from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today in San Antonio City Park, 12202 Main St. The spotlight will focus on the snake and reptile shows, provided at numerous times by professional herpetologists. Tickets for the shows are $5 for adults and $2 for children younger than 12. ...more

October 19, 2008

The sound of a snake's rattle usually disperses a crowd. On Saturday at Chinsegut Nature Center, the opposite happened. ...more

October 12, 2008

After a pair of dandy approach shots to the seventh green on Heritage Springs' front nine, the first to greet Mitchell's Megan and Rebecca Van Etten as they walked up the fairway was a medium-sized alligator sunning itself on the bank of a small lake to their right. ...more

September 25, 2008

Deputies responding to an animal nuisance call Sunday morning decided to not wait for trappers and instead took matters into their own hands when they discovered a 6-foot-long alligator wandering the streets. "We went on top of it and duct-taped his mouth and put a blanket on him," Pinellas County Sheriff's Sgt. Tim Grundmann said. ...more

August 24, 2008