Source: Francis C. Franklin, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC-BY-SA-3.0 license. In what’s referred to as Batesian mimicry, harmless species can protect themselves from predators by ...

How big they are: Can range from 4 inches (10 centimeters) to over 30 feet (9 meters) There are about 4,000 different snake species in the world today. They occupy a wide range of habitats — some ...

Buff-leaf hawkmoth larvae and pupae hiss by forcing air through spiracles, using breath-powered sounds to deter predators.

Predators in the forest understory are learning a strange new lesson: sometimes that ominous hiss in the leaf litter is not a ...

In this video—part 1 of 2 videos—Valuska discussed hissing, one of the most common feline behaviors, including misconceptions and what it really means. The second part of this discussion will address ...

I have two rescue cats, Emmy and Oscar, both about 6 years old. Every now and then, Oscar stands over his water bowl and hisses at it. He’ll hiss for a bit, sometimes holding up his paw, before ...

Aug. 11 (UPI) --Animal rescuers called to a Singapore home in which a woman thought she heard a cobra hissing wound up rescuing the resident from a malfunctioning electric toothbrush. Animal welfare ...