South Africans were floored by one man's story of buying a R200,00 rat, hoping to generate money. The chap was scammed by a ...

The AI system, trained on thousands of snake images and venom profiles, allows healthcare workers to instantly identify ...

In order for the AI to identify a specific snake, we need a photo of the snake that has bitten the patient. In reality, it ...

South Africa faces a critical anti-venom shortage due to infrastructure upgrades at the National Health Laboratory Service ...

Manufacturing delays have forced the country to import weaker antivenom, while few hospitals carry antivenom stock.

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One man in the Western Cape's daring attempt to release a venomous Cape Cobra into the wild didn’t go as planned and has now gone viral, leaving South African users both amused ... along with the ...

Based on misinformation, Trump’s anti-South African campaign seems designed to weaken South Africa’s image as an international torch bearer for human rights. At the heart of the issue lies ...

“Hitting a mamba with a stick, or hurting it in any way, boosts your chances of being bitten dramatically. Don’t do it. If ...

A local snake handler was called to rescue a black mamba from a little girl's room. Social media users shared how proud they were of how he handled it.

For the last seven-plus years, Mamba the Sequim Police dog has been taking a bite out of crime. Now at about 10 years old (in human years), the German shepherd is officially a civilian and retired ...

Six key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to help save the African penguin, following a landmark court order in South Africa. Last year scientists warned that the species was declining by ...