African rock pythons, among the largest and most adaptable snakes, exhibit rare cooperative hunting behavior. They are formidable predators, preying on diverse animals ranging from rodents to ...

In a scenario that many pet owners dread, a South African woman found herself in a moment of panic after witnessing her dog engaging with a snake just outside her window. The distressing incident ...

In a scenario that many pet owners dread, a South African woman found herself in a moment of panic after witnessing her dog engaging with a snake just outside her window. The distressing incident ...

displays snake statues to reflect the culture, people, and traditions surrounding the Lunar New Year. "We want people to come in and not just try to understand our tradition, our Chinese New Year ...

One can do it through university, college and some snake institutes that provide training like the African Snakebite Institute. What high school subjects do I need? Mathematics and science.

Another business exported an antivenom for Indian snakes to west Africa, where they knew it would not work – an act experts called unethical and criminal. Antivenoms are “antique” medicines ...

Some continents, like Africa, seem to have more than their share of dangerous snakes. In Dangerous Snakes of Africa, authors Steve Spawls and Bill Branch detail all 170 dangerous African snakes, ...

At a time of increasing anxiety about physical anatomy, figurative sculptors are breathing new life into one of the world’s ...

YIWU, China—Li Bingnan got his orders in October: Design a snake-themed sculpture for his hometown——and make the scaly, legless creature cute. The Year of the Snake is slithering closer ...

Humans have been constructing animal statues for thousands of years. It is a way for us to convey our deep bond with the animal kingdom and the debt of gratitude that we owe to our fellow creatures.