"Irwin's wolf snake" can grow to more than three feet in length, report the researchers who described the new species.

The newly-discovered snake, L. irwini is not the first species to be named after Irwin — and likely won’t be the last.

Two venomous snakes, the desert-dwelling Sidewinder and the African Black Mamba, showcase remarkable evolutionary adaptations ...

A snake catcher has told of how he and his colleagues found two highly venomous black mamba snakes at the same property in South Africa, apparently on the hunt for a mate. Nick Evans, a reptile ...

Scientists have developed a nanobody-based antivenom that neutralizes toxins from most African cobras, mambas and the rinkhals, which could offer safer, scalable protection beyond existing snakebite ...

THE indigenous fauna of South Africa was, a century ago, richer in genera and species than that in any other part of the globe. To-day the mammals have largely disappeared, — ruthlessly obliterated, — ...

Most people’s reaction to seeing a snake is a mix of surprise and a sudden urge to be somewhere else. While many snakes are quite content to move at a leisurely pace, a select few have turned speed ...

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 ...

A 17-year-old student attending school in Zimbabwe reportedly died from the bite of a black mamba, one of the most dangerous snakes in Africa. Melody Chipurtura was bitten on the thigh after returning ...

Made up of five smaller townships, Snake Park is home to about 5,000 properties built under South Africa's Reconstruction and Development Programme, an ongoing government-funded social housing project ...