Ho also made gestures at the snake, directing to towards the drain, until it had safely slithered in. Ho added that while he ...

Elvis and Priscilla’s babies are hatching, but don’t be fooled by their size: these hatchlings are among the deadliest ...

The Rod of Asclepius remains a symbol of health and medicine around the world to this day. Asclepius was a demi-god son of ...

The Year of the Snake is here but the poor reptile has always had bad press. Many snakes are harmless and the really venomous ...

2025 has already seen the illustrious snake catcher, Cockroach Mdluli, saving not only the lives of those in the Bushbuckridge community, but also five highly dangerous snakes. Four black mambas and a ...

Snake encounters are more common than you might think, and they often happen when you least expect it—sometimes even around ...

This was my 13th somewhat annual attempt to recreate the majesty of the real international Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, run ...

King cobras earlier lived in undivided Madhya Pradesh, which included Chhattisgarh. These areas, where king cobras once ...

A groundbreaking study led by Nobel Laureate David Baker and Timothy Patrick Jenkins introduces innovative, computationally ...

An unwanted hitchhiker in the form of one of the world’s most dangerous snakes has been found under a car seat.

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Bridget Thomson was a broke 21-year-old when she did a reptile handling course and "fell in love" with snake catching, despite some difficult customers.