JOHANNESBURG — South Africa is a hub for the international pet trade, with thousands of animals exported each year. Many of these are exotic birds and mammals like parrots and marmosets, bred locally ...

A black mamba snake with its head resting on a leaf and its black, forked tongue coming out of its mouth. Researchers have developed an antivenom that effectively neutralizes bites from the black ...

This Central African variety, closely related to the African rock python, has been implicated in rare but real cases of human attacks. These snakes feed on everything from rodents to crocodiles and ...

Researchers said it is believed that in just decades at least 209 venomous snake species could become more prevalent in new areas more suitable for their suvival as venomous snake biodiversity is lost ...

A wave of deadly flooding in West and Central Africa left the remains of crocodiles and snakes floating among human bodies. The torrential rains have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced ...