Snakes are one of the earth’s creatures you either love or hate. Some are fascinated with their behavior and movements, while others run in fear at the sight (or sound). Regardless of your opinion on ...

Black Mambas, Africa’s fastest and most feared snakes, can be a key player into tracking pollution, while at the same time keeping ecosystems healthy. New research from the University of the ...

New research from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has revealed that puff adders (Bitis arietans) can be highly efficient at controlling rodent populations that ...

This Central African variety, closely related to the African rock python, has been implicated in rare but real cases of human attacks. These snakes feed on everything from rodents to crocodiles and ...

The African rock python is the largest snake in Africa, inhabiting a range of environments from forests to savannas. Known ...

The puff adder is one of the deadliest snakes in Africa, and also an expert at camouflage. Can you spot the puff adder in the accompanying image, or in the footage before the narrator zooms in?

These three snakes are among the most dangerous in Gauteng, and Pretoria residents could encounter them closer to home than ...

In this video, we see a boomslang snake trying to eat an African bullfrog in South Africa. Boomslang snakes (Dispholidus ...