Secretarybirds use their long legs to stamp on snakes, stunning or killing them before consuming them. They are adept at hunting both ground-dwelling and arboreal snakes. Their long legs not only aid ...

On social media, Durban snake rescuer Nick Evans started seeing pictures of vine snakes sighted around Durban, so he wondered ...

Other names draw inspiration from the snake's physical appearance, such as the "King Cobra", named for its impressive size ...

For many snake species, particularly those that prefer arboreal (tree-dwelling) habitats, the branches and leaves of the sandalwood tree create an ideal environment to avoid ground-based threats.

Nick Evans, a Durban-based snake rescuer, shared that he caught a cheeky vine snake in Westville and provided information ...

Olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis): Native to the coral reefs of northern Australia and New Guinea, this species typically grows to about 4 to 6 feet (1.2 to 1.8 meters). It is highly venomous and ...

On Facebook, there is a page with some 49,000 subscribers called Venomous Snakes Classifieds. Despite the background photo of a woman in a bikini eating a slice of watermelon, the conversation ...

Envenomation by snakebite is a ubiquitous problem, as there are poisonous snakes in every continent and almost every country (Table 1). Although arthropod stings constitute the most common cause ...

FLORENCE S.C. (WPDE) — Some of the world's most dangerous snakes were removed from an apartment in South Carolina, where a man was bitten by one of the venomous reptiles, according to police.