When you’re a wizard and live in a world where danger can be found on every corner, you might need something more than your knowledge of spells, a magic wand and sometimes even luck. Wizards need ...

A mother met a horrifying end after being killed and eaten whole by a python. The woman, a resident of a village, became the second person in Indonesia to be killed and digested by this species of ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Choosing a pet snake is very different from other livestock and companion animals. It’s a tricky and potentially risky process. The creatures have unique care requirements and husbandry. You need to ...

When Thomas Headland first met the world’s longest snake, he was on the way to the toilet. He was living in the Philippine rainforest with a group of hunter-gatherers called the Agta. On the walk to ...

Relationships between primates and snakes are of widespread interest from anthropological, psychological, and evolutionary perspectives, but surprisingly, little is known about the dangers that ...