A professional snake handler from Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers in Australia arrived just in time to remove a coastal carpet python that had its sights set on a pet bird. The two animals were ...

Snakes have long fascinated and terrified humans, evoking a mix of awe and dread. Snakes have long inspired folklore, fiction, movies, and songs, as there is no place on Earth where snakes have not ...

A map reveals the habitat of the dangerous Copperhead snake across the US - accompanied by an expert's stark warning about its prevalence. The US harbors a variety of venomous snakes, but the ...

and they’ve even pursued people who’ve attempted to flee—behaviors markedly different from those of their land-based kin. Marine ecologist Tim Lynch and his colleagues may have figured out why: based ...

We are creating awareness so that we can have a culture and behaviour change among our people. We don't want to lose anyone to a snake bite," he says. Already, the Institute of Primate Research ...

Australian Reptile Academy snake expert Dr Christina Zdenek said people interfering and interacting with snakes was often a contributing factor in bites. Dr Christina Zdenek handling a snake.