An eight-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after he told his horrified mum he let a deadly black widow bite him so he could be a superhero just like Spider-Man.…
Kangaroo finds out that its way of dealing with mosquito bites just is not up to scratch. This footage - shot at a zoo in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, China -…
A mother bear accused of killing and disembowelling a jogger in woodlands has been cleared by a forensic study of the bite marks, say campaigners. The bear - known as…
A bad-tempered squirrel drove rescuers nuts when it tried to bite them as they freed it from a manhole cover on a city street. The red squirrel - described as…
A famous Indonesian snake handler has died after being bitten by a king cobra while demonstrating how to handle it safely. Aji Rachmat Purwanto, whose age was not given, shot…
Amazed diver films a huge shark swimming past as it casually chews on a massive fish still alive in its mouth. The video was shot at Tiger Harbour by professional…
This video released by a forestry worker shows the release of a nonvenomous snake that is nevertheless so terrifying that it's not uncommon for people to die of a heart…
An 11-year-old boy has died in intensive care 11 days after he was bitten by a snake in Brazil. Joao Victor Delfino Laurentino was playing with friends in Mogi das…
Three stray dogs were left with quills embedded in their muzzles after they attacked a porcupine. A snap shows one of the forlorn pooches with scores of spikes protruding from…
These giant armoured lizard babies that bite their tails and curl up into a ball to protect themselves from predators have been born at the world's oldest zoo in Vienna.…