A garage call in Durban turns into a quiet study of black mamba behavior, where a juvenile snake chose hiding over aggression ...

Snakes are adapting to habitat and climate change from urbanization and increasing temperature spikes in the spring and summer. Both changes are leading to higher odds of snake bites for Georgians. Of ...

Hungry snake caught swallowing another, even bigger snake headfirst. Many species of snakes are capable of swallowing prey much larger than themselves, such as deer, cows and even humans. However, ...

Sea snakes are total nightmare fuel, but new research suggests their frequent “attacks” on scuba divers are in reality botched attempts to get lucky. Many scuba divers who explore tropical coral reefs ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There have been multiple documented incidents where large ...

Snakes can be pretty intimidating creatures. They don't have the best reputation given the dangers they pose, but they have their own ways of showing affection. This video shows two pet snakes hugging ...

Whether a wild cottonmouth snake will attempt to strike in an encounter depends on its baseline stress level, according to a team of scientists led by undergraduate researcher Mark Herr. "Most people ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A rare discovery in a Cuban cave has rewritten what we ...

Ophidiophobia (the phobia of snakes) is one of the more common phobias psychologists treat today. Some researchers posit that this is an evolutionary response and that humans are wary of snakes ...

Researchers say, for the first time, there's evidence that predator training of pregnant endangered mammals can influence the ...

Attacks by venomous Olive sea snakes on scuba divers may be misdirected courtship behaviors, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. Scuba divers frequently report unprovoked attacks by ...