Snakes have adapted to nearly every continent on Earth, thriving in a range of habitats, from steaming rainforests to arid ...
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 ...
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 ...
REPT copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of Alan R. Kabat. "This book is the first and only comprehensive guide to the snakes of Central and Western Africa. In North America, ...
The African Snakebite Institute recently shared footage of an adult black mamba appearing to stand as it raised its body to ...
Around 40 million years ago, the ancestors of cobras and kraits — a snake super family called Elapoidea — originated in Asia before its descendants crossed to Africa via the Tethys Sea, a new study ...