The black mamba snake is not actually black in color. Its body displays olive, grey, brown, or gunmetal shades for camouflage ...

Predators are often judged by the size of the animals they can overpower. Yet in the wild, a successful hunt does not always end with a successful meal.

South Africa’s landscapes carry a quiet tension that rarely makes itself obvious at first glance. Grasslands that look open and harmless, river edges softened by reeds, suburban gardens edging into ...

Snakebite envenoming is among the world's deadliest yet most overlooked tropical diseases. The WHO has classified snakebite envenoming as one of 21 neglected tropical diseases, resulting in between ...

When a homeowner in Queensburgh, a suburb of Durban, South Africa, saw a thin snake sliding past him in his garage, he called snake rescuer Nick Evans. The snake turned out to be a young black mamba ...

Participants learnt about snake awareness, behaviour, biology, identification, myths, first aid for snakebite, scorpion sting ...