A snake handler at the National Zoo had a rather frightening day yesterday, when a cottonmouth snake -- much like that bad boy to your right -- had a bit of a freakout and spit a wicked combination of concentrated nastiness into her eye. more ›

To say that the President-less, sports section-less, layoff-happy Washington Times is in trouble would be akin to saying that Wile E. Coyote is just an underachiever -- that is, an understatement of Biblical proportions. more ›

We're working on a Snake Theme here, people. WTOP's Hank Silverberg reports that a house fire in Fairfax County has claimed the lives of dozens of snakes, scorpions, and lizards that were trapped inside cages in the attic when the fire broke out. Resident Zachary Frodge had been breeding the animals, which included "non-poisonous ball pythons, corn snakes, rat snakes, Columbia red tail boa constrictors, bearded dragons and a green iguana," for sale. No humans were injured in the blaze, though the house, which is in the Alexandria section of the County, was pretty badly damaged. more ›