King cobras are the world's longest venomous snakes. So, imagine seeing one a few feet away as you embark on a train in India ...

Since the wave of unrest that swept the country in 2021, more than two million Cubans have fled. Those who remain on the island scrape by with varying degrees of success, as the exorbitant price of ...

With regard to Eskom (which doesn't use copper like Telkom) the problem generally boils down to the desperate and the poor, stripping steel cables to sell to scrap metal dealers, for cash. For the ...

A deadly car crash in Nigeria involving former boxing champion Anthony Joshua and two minibus accidents in South Africa have highlighted Africa's poor road safety record.

Encyclopaedia Britannica notes it may be responsible for more human deaths than any other snake, not because each bite is ...

The slow loris is the only known primate that is venomous, placing it in an elite club of venomous mammals alongside the platypus, certain shrews, the European mole, and a handful of others. The slow ...

Scientists undertook the first comprehensive assessment of how often snakes eat their own, uncovering reports of the behavior ...

It is no wonder that the sense of smell is so important for most animals. Their capacity to smell prey and even danger may ...

The strain is already visible in Yimbo East Ward, one of the areas most affected by reliance on River Yala. County ...

Investigating the 'overkill' hypothesis, this piece explores how human-wildlife conflict may have driven megafaunal ...

Hosted by the legendary actor, ‘Pole to Pole’ follows a seven-continent journey that includes Botswana’s Kalahari Desert and the San people.

You probably think of snakes as fearsome predators that sit near the top of the food chain. While that is often true, snakes ...