FOR three months, a Chatsworth chicken farmer allowed a Mozambican spitting cobra to live on his farm as it protected his ...

According to the African Snakebite Institute, the Mozambique spitting cobra is mostly active at night and often enters houses ...

In honour of the Year of the Wood Snake, the National Zoological Garden (NZG) is inviting residents to check out the collection of exotic serpents they have.

According to a post on the official South African National Parks (SANParks) Facebook page, a ranger was alerted to the unexpected visitor and immediately called in the Phalaborwa Snake Club, who ...

In Stellenbosch, one man got more than he bargained for when he returned home to find a highly venomous Cape Cobra curled ...

In Stellenbosch, one man got more than he bargained for when he returned home to find a highly venomous Cape Cobra curled ...

A 45-year-old from Mpumalanga passed away after he was bitten by a snake on his genitals, but South Africans have been left ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, patients face a 'wild west' where treatments for snake bites cost the Earth or don’t work ...

An Australian man has described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney garden. David Stein called Reptile Relocation ...

The snakes are red-bellied black snakes. Pregnant females often congregate before giving birth. A reptile relocation organization was called, and the snakes were all collected after a few hours.

Red-bellied black snakes are commonly found in eastern New South Wales and Victoria, according to the Australian Museum. Females usually gather in small groups of six towards the end of the ...

When his colleague arrived, he discovered 40 red-bellied black snakes - four of which gave birth to more live young once he had placed them in a removal bag. Red-bellied black snakes are one of ...