A venomous rinkhals snake left Mzansi creeped out and amused after a video showed it dramatically playing dead, earning ...

If all snakes are exterminated, the number of pests such as rats and mice will increase significantly, as snakes play an important role in keeping their populations down. The photo shows an African ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world.

New broad-spectrum antivenom, made up of just eight nanobodies to counter venom from diverse sub-Saharan African snake ...

A reporter's notebook from our correspondent in Kenya on finding a cobra in his backyard Spitting Cobra Finds Its Way Into The Backyard Of NPR's East Africa Correspondent SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Our ...