Snakes

Hair-raising footage shows the moment a snake slithered out of its hiding spot and startled a person, who was then filmed running at top speed with the reptile hot at their heels.

The cobra lay wrapped around the six-year-old's neck for close to six hours in her home in Wardha, Maharashtra. The snake bit her arm when the child budged a little just as it looked like the reptile was preparing to leave.

Border Security Force (BSF) seized snake venom worth Rs 57 crore from the India-Bangladesh border in Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal on Friday.

A woman from Texas has shared how she "nearly died" of fright after a snake lunged at her as she walked out of her house.

The general reaction after spotting a snake in the house is panic, horror and then violence. But, here’s what the woman did.

A hair-raising video shows the moment a snake emerged from inside a scooter and the novel method used to rescue it.

A banded krait and 19 baby cobras were found by two youths from Assam's Nalbari district engaged in environment conservation, and were released into the wild, a forest official said today.

Sharing the video on Twitter, Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan cited it as an example of "How not to rescue a snake. Especially if it's a king cobra."

The Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards has published 42 images shortlisted for its 2021 competition. These photos were chosen from among 7,000-plus entries received from across the world.

Australian YouTuber Brodie Moss was paddle boarding when he came across the hair-raising sight of a sea snake swimming up to him.

Brazilian researchers have found that a molecule in the venom of a type of snake inhibited coronavirus reproduction in monkey cells, a possible first step toward a drug to combat the virus causing COVID-19.

The celebrations for Raksha Bandhan turned tragic at a home in Bihar's Saran District on Sunday when a 25-year-old man was bitten by a snake.

In a bizarre case of human revenge, a 45-year-old tribal man reportedly bit a snake to death after the latter bit him in a remote village in Odisha's Jajpur district.

Nag Panchami is a day devoted to the Nag Devta or the snake god in the Hindu tradition. Every year, this day is celebrated during the auspicious month of Sawan, according to the Hindu calendar. This year, Nag Panchami is on August 13.

A 10 feet long python was rescued from a small river in Vadodara by Gujarat Forest Department officials on Tuesday.

Hair-raising footage shows the moment a snake slithered out of its hiding spot and startled a person, who was then filmed running at top speed with the reptile hot at their heels.

The cobra lay wrapped around the six-year-old's neck for close to six hours in her home in Wardha, Maharashtra. The snake bit her arm when the child budged a little just as it looked like the reptile was preparing to leave.

Border Security Force (BSF) seized snake venom worth Rs 57 crore from the India-Bangladesh border in Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal on Friday.

A woman from Texas has shared how she "nearly died" of fright after a snake lunged at her as she walked out of her house.

The general reaction after spotting a snake in the house is panic, horror and then violence. But, here’s what the woman did.

A hair-raising video shows the moment a snake emerged from inside a scooter and the novel method used to rescue it.

A banded krait and 19 baby cobras were found by two youths from Assam's Nalbari district engaged in environment conservation, and were released into the wild, a forest official said today.

Sharing the video on Twitter, Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan cited it as an example of "How not to rescue a snake. Especially if it's a king cobra."

The Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards has published 42 images shortlisted for its 2021 competition. These photos were chosen from among 7,000-plus entries received from across the world.

Australian YouTuber Brodie Moss was paddle boarding when he came across the hair-raising sight of a sea snake swimming up to him.

Brazilian researchers have found that a molecule in the venom of a type of snake inhibited coronavirus reproduction in monkey cells, a possible first step toward a drug to combat the virus causing COVID-19.

The celebrations for Raksha Bandhan turned tragic at a home in Bihar's Saran District on Sunday when a 25-year-old man was bitten by a snake.

In a bizarre case of human revenge, a 45-year-old tribal man reportedly bit a snake to death after the latter bit him in a remote village in Odisha's Jajpur district.

Nag Panchami is a day devoted to the Nag Devta or the snake god in the Hindu tradition. Every year, this day is celebrated during the auspicious month of Sawan, according to the Hindu calendar. This year, Nag Panchami is on August 13.

A 10 feet long python was rescued from a small river in Vadodara by Gujarat Forest Department officials on Tuesday.