In India, snakebites cause more deaths than all other forms of human-wildlife conflict combined, with some 40,000 to 60,000 fatalities annually. For every death, there are another nine cases of severe ...

Walking obliviously through a lane, a flash of patterned came across your leg, jaw dropped, stuck thinking what to do next.

Woodrats weigh less than half a pound but can survive venomous rattlesnake bites that would hospitalize, or even kill, a full ...

Which is deadlier to humans in Peru: the Bothrops pit viper or the venomous Trumpapillar? By Rick Vecchio ✐ Peruvian Times Contributing Editor* Applying Trumpian logic, pit vipers cause more than six ...

Even rat poison has healing properties. Warfarin, now widely used as a blood thinner for stroke and clot prevention, was ...

Meet the spitting cobras – venomous snakes capable of projecting venom with remarkable accuracy to deter threats.

Burmese and Indian pythons, though related, exhibit stark differences. The Burmese python is an invasive threat in Florida, ...

We saw many snakes this year. In a world that is increasingly noisy with influencers and demagogues with keyboards, the voice ...

The Pet Mobile is in Dublin this week, as we say hello to more amazing pets with hosts Demi Isaac and Adam Beales on The Big Pet Project. There's everything from a massive teacup pig named Bertha, to ...

Georgia is home to 47 species of snakes, of which six are venomous. But, Georgia Wildlife said in their "Venomous Snakes of Georgia" publication that only three "realistically represent a serious ...

North Carolina is a state full of biodiversity, and snakes are no exception. Its diverse environments, from the mountains in the west to the coastal plains in the east, provide abundant habitat for 38 ...