When we think about snakes, we automatically assume that they all have scales. After all, scales enable the snake to move ...

Whether one is walking on a park trail or hiking in the woods, it’s exciting to see a snake in the wild. It could be a small ...

Four species of snakes found in Nebraska are venomous. None of those are found in the Omaha area. Yet, snake experts arrived in the metro this week to discuss new ...

In a significant blow to wildlife trafficking, Nigerian authorities recently seized 2 metric tons of pangolin scales, worth ...

As Heather Krajewski’s classes of 3- and 4-year-olds wrapped up their Zoo-phonics curriculum for the year, representatives from John Ball Zoo’s Traveling Zoo program stopped by to give students some ...

These colorful snakes aren't just works of art. Erected for the World Health Assembly, they're meant to draw attention to an ...

New research from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has revealed ... that a large population of snakes might have on prey animals. By increasing their prey intake ...

tortoises and snakes, and at least nine amphibians, for sale in Germany and other European countries. Most of these animals were native, and some endemic, to South Africa. Among the endemics were ...

And it’s not just dogs—cannibalism is widespread in the animal kingdom ... adders (Bitis arietans); the African viper accounted for almost a third of the snake prey recorded.

Crocworld's Animal Curator, Busani Mthiyane with ... drawing on information shared by Snake Bite Assist, the African Snakebite Institute, and Flipper Layman: Snakebite Flipper Card.

African rock python: The snake species that hunt in groups African ... and riverine banks. Such an animal could survive under diverse conditions, such as grasslands or heavily forested regions.

Other snakes, such as the West African carpet viper, stop blood from clotting and ... It means there are snake antivenoms being offered to people today that have only ever been tested in animals.