Snakes require specific care and commitment, making them suitable only for dedicated owners. Popular pet snake families include Boidae, Pythonidae, and Colubridae, with species like Ball Python, ...

A snake’s venom was never designed to be used in self-defence to kill humans, the purpose of the venom is to enable the snake to capture its prey. The myth that one can die in just a few minutes after ...

A fourth kind of venom exists in sea snakes and is known as myotoxic. It leads to severe and instant muscular paralysis ...

Crocworld's Animal Curator, Busani Mthiyane with a green mamba. (Images: Supplied by Crocworld) The announcement that snakebite anti-venom was in short supply in South Africa prompted Crocworld ...

According to the official World Health Organisation (WHO) website, snakebites are a neglected public health issue in many tropical and subtropical countries. The site states that about 5.4 million ...

A new way to neutralize the deadly snake venom was developed by a research team from the University of California. This could halt the venom spread in a more cheap and effective way than the ...