A scientist has revealed how he stepped on some of the most deadly snakes in the world thousands of times to discover just how and when they bite. Behavioural biologist…
Cautious zookeepers in Russia show off a brood of highly venomous baby spitting cobras who already seem ready to see off any would-be attackers. The nine hatchlings emerged following two…
A man who was caught travelling on a bus with 90 snakes, 236 spiders, and a centipede stuffed in two suitcases has been arrested. The animals were discovered in the…
Snake charmers sparked panic on a packed express train in India after releasing their deadly reptiles when passengers refused to pay them enough. The four busking charmers had hopped on…
Customs in India have detained a smuggler carrying 47 exotic pythons and two lizards in his trolley bag as he went through an airport. The bizarre find was made after…
Customs inspectors find a real-life snake and a lizard at an airport after being wrapped up in tinfoil and put in a lunch box to disguise them as a snack.…
Keary Molinaro has a passion for snakes that he likes to share with others after keeping and breeding them at his Molinaro Snake lab. Speaking to Newsflash, he said: "I…
Two new species of deadly venomous snake have been discovered in Colombia by a team of international scientists. They have been named as Bothrocophias myrringae and Bothrocophias tulitoi, two new…
A new study that involved scientists looking at poo from snakes in the Galapagos Islands has discovered that they are cannibals that eat each other when they are stressed or…
A new study has found that all living snakes evolved from just a handful of species that survived the mass extinction event 66-million-years ago caused by a giant asteroid impact…