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The toughest snake on Earth lives in central Africa and eats baby rodents

Alex Fox 19 Dec 2017

Study maps out reptiles’ ranges, completing the ‘atlas of life’

Mongabay.com 17 Oct 2017

2 new reptiles discovered in Sumatra

Reza Septian 27 Jun 2017
Mt. Kenya Bush Viper, aka Ashe’s Viper (Atheris desaixi). Photo courtesy of CITES.

Kenya cracks down on illegal trade in rare and venomous vipers

Gitonga Njeru 16 May 2017

Reptiles being sold openly and illegally in Moroccan markets

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Apr 2017

Indonesia’s oil palm plantations are rife with spitting cobras

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 6 Oct 2016

New orange-black snake discovered in Mexico

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Aug 2016

New boa species “on its way to extinction” discovered in the Bahamas

Mike Gaworecki 20 Jun 2016

What are the most popular reptiles in the world?

Mike Gaworecki 11 May 2016

Snake photographed in Ethiopia may be new species of venomous viper

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Mar 2016

New snake species highlights how little we know about biodiversity in under-explored regions of India

Mike Gaworecki 8 Mar 2016

Study answers question: how do boa constrictors kill their prey?

Sophie Furnival 26 Jan 2016

New species of venomous snake discovered in endangered Mexican cloud forests

Mike Gaworecki 7 Jan 2016

The snake that decapitates its prey

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Jul 2015

Environmental wisdom: keeping indigenous stories alive

Barbara Fraser 21 Jan 2015

Edited Reality: What I Learned from Filming Eaten Alive

Paul Rosolie 22 Dec 2014

New pit viper discovered in Sumatra

Santiago Sáez Moreno 10 Dec 2014

One-two punch: farming, global warming destroying unique East African forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Dec 2014

Did the world’s only venomous primate evolve to mimic the cobra?

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Sep 2014

Drivers in Brazil will intentionally run-down small animals, but only if it is safe

Andrew Mann 24 Sep 2014

Please, don’t hate us: celebrating World Snake Day!

Jeremy Hance 16 Jul 2014

Researchers discover new species of wolf snake in Cambodia, name it after an Australian zoo

Mongabay.com 16 Jun 2014

‘Flying snakes’ achieve surprising lift through unique body shape

Loren Bell 4 Feb 2014

Python attack kills security guard in Bali

Mongabay.com 27 Dec 2013

Sky islands: exploring East Africa’s last frontier

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2013

Not just bats and frogs: snake fungal disease hits U.S.

Adam Andrus 6 Sep 2013

Scientists catch boa constrictor eating a howler monkey (photos)

Jeremy Hance 2 Sep 2013

Photo: Stunning new pit-viper discovered in Honduras

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 May 2013

Cobra bust in Vietnam

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2013

Pictures: 20% of the world’s reptiles endangered

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2013

Snake pictures celebrating the Year of the Snake

Mongabay.com 9 Feb 2013

Animals of the Masai Mara – book review

Gabriel Thoumi 6 Jan 2013

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