Poison from viper infects reptile-loving man severely limiting his blood clotting ability; experts warn that keeping exotic ...

A Beijing man had to get his thumb amputated after a serious bite from his pet snake, a venomous long-nosed viper. According ...

In the tragic final moments of her life, a two-year-old girl from Florida in the US was asphyxiated in her cot by her mother's severely underfed 8-foot Burmese Python. "Gypsy" the snake tragically ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...