There are currently 18 to 19 families of snakes with approximately 2,950 different species. With so many snakes, both on land and in the sea, there is a wide variety of colors and sizes. In the ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive analyze banded krait venom, bite risks, and what you need to know to survive safely.

A resident of Odisha’s Cuttack district found a den a banded krait with eggs in an unused toilet pit. The Snake Helpline found 3 deadly banded krait snakes and 2 clutches of white coloured eggs inside ...

A daring snake charmer takes the ultimate risk – by biting and lifting with his mouth a deadly banded krait. The fearless Thai man plucked the highly venomous black and yellow snake from the floor ...

A fraction of a second after William Sargent’s torch light catches the unmistakable glint of snake skin he roars into action, sliding on a protective glove and launching himself into the dense green ...

Nov. 10 (UPI) --Animal rescuers in India came to the assistance of a highly venomous snake found stuck in a fishing net in a rice field. Residents of Mangalpur, in the Puri district of Odesha, ...

Researchers have described a new species of venomous snake, from one of the deadliest and most medically significant groups of snakes in Asia. The Suzhen’s krait is found in rice fields and streams in ...