A Peters’s keelback snake (Hebius petersii) specimen from the NUS Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum’s collections. The species is extinct in Singapore. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

It raises and displays about 1,000 snakes of around 50 species, including “habu,” mamushi and the “yamakagashi” tiger keelback. Researchers there study the ecology of snakes and collect ...

Revealing active behaviour that adds to our understanding of the nature of a species. Bhavya Joshi (India) records the drama as keelback snakes seize fish that are trying to outpace the water currents ...