If you come across a clutch of eggs in the grass, you might have discovered snake eggs. Or perhaps turtle, turkey, or quail. The differences are easy to spot.

Nature and its beings come with many surprises. While we might think we have the basics like food chains and life cycles, there's always room for surprise, it seems. Until now, we knew that the turtle ...

Q. I saw a photo on Facebook of a rattlesnake with its head looking up at the base of an oak tree and its enormous body stretched out in the leaves on the ground. I know it was a rattlesnake because ...