Read more about the article Bus Passenger Caught With Hundreds Of Snakes, Spiders, And One Centipede In Suitcases
Photo shows one of the snakes, undated. Passenger was arrested with 90 snakes, 236 spiders and a centipede hidden in suitcases on a bus traveling to San Justo, Buenos Aires. (Ministerio de Seguridad/Newsflash)

Bus Passenger Caught With Hundreds Of Snakes, Spiders, And One Centipede In Suitcases

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…

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Read more about the article Smuggler Detained After Border Control In India Find 47 Snakes And Two Lizards In His Trolley Bag
Photo shows of the 47 snakes Customs officials in Trichy airport seized. The reptiles were in a trolley bag of a passenger who arrived from Kuala Lumpur. (CEN)

Smuggler Detained After Border Control In India Find 47 Snakes And Two Lizards In His Trolley Bag

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…

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Read more about the article Passenger Wrapped Snakes And Lizards In Tinfoil Disguised As A Snack
Photo shows a lizard that was smuggled into Israel from Hungary by a young Israeli and was seized during an operation at Ben Gurion Airport, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 2023. The Israeli man was arrested. (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development/Newsflash)

Passenger Wrapped Snakes And Lizards In Tinfoil Disguised As A Snack

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.…

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Read more about the article Ex-Marine Snake Breeder Helps Snakes Hatch Safely
Keary Molinaro, a snake breeder, poses with a snake in an undated photo. Keary usually keeps between 60 and 100 snakes. (Keary Molinaro; @molinaro_snake_lab/Newsflash)

Ex-Marine Snake Breeder Helps Snakes Hatch Safely

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…

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Read more about the article Two New Deadly Snakes Species Found
Image shows the newly discovered Bothrocophias myrringae sp. nov., that lives in isolated, nearly inaccessible rain forests in South America. It was discovered by a South American team of scientists in October 2022. (Juan Pablo Hurtado-Gomez/Newsflash)

Two New Deadly Snakes Species Found

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…

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Read more about the article Snakes In The Galapagos Islands Are Cannibals Say Experts After Looking At Reptile Faeces
A Western Galapagos Racer (Pseudalsophis occidentalis) that shows cannibal behaviours ​on Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands.

Snakes In The Galapagos Islands Are Cannibals Say Experts After Looking At Reptile Faeces

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…

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Read more about the article All Modern Snakes Evolved From Just A Few Species That Survived The Asteroid Impact 66 Million Years Ago
Artwork illustrating the evolutionary connection between snakes and dinosaurs.

All Modern Snakes Evolved From Just A Few Species That Survived The Asteroid Impact 66 Million Years Ago

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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…

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Read more about the article Couple Busted With Noahs Ark Of Over 200 Animals That Are Rescued And Given To Bridget Bardot Foundation
Police seize 129 animals including reptiles and horses in Saint-Ouen-en-Brie, France.

Couple Busted With Noahs Ark Of Over 200 Animals That Are Rescued And Given To Bridget Bardot Foundation

French police have busted a couple with over 200 animals in their "Noah's Ark" home, many of them exotic species such as tarantulas, snakes, camels, iguanas, tortoises, and 26 dogs,…

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Read more about the article Incredible 47 Million Year Old Fossils Found In Germany Could Hold Clue As To How Snakes Lost Their Legs
The newly described python species Messelopython freyi is the oldest known fossil record of a python worldwide

Incredible 47 Million Year Old Fossils Found In Germany Could Hold Clue As To How Snakes Lost Their Legs

German archaeologists have found these remarkably well-preserved 47-million-year-old snake fossils making them not only the oldest known snake fossils on record but also offering clues which could explain how snakes…

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