13+ hour ago   (105+ words) Hither and slither Bangalore Mirror - How to prevent snake-human encounters? Experts say minimising earth clearing and habitat destruction, especially during breeding periods, and identifying and protecting sensitive areas where reptiles take refuge can go a long way - As urban expansion…...

13+ hour ago   (588+ words) An animal-loving boy came across what he thought was a common slow worm, a species of legless lizard, in his local park and began petting it Suddenly, the reptile — which was actually a venomous snake — attacked and bit the 6-year-old’s…...

22+ hour, 40+ min ago   (383+ words) A new piece of research out of Italy could see a big change to classification of the UK's rarest reptile. Scientists from the OPHIS Paleontological Museum and Herpetological Centre in Teramo, Italy, have published a study on the smooth snake…...

22+ hour, 48+ min ago   (133+ words) A South African TikToker gave the internet a serious case of the chills. Mzansi reacted to a snake hiding inside a portable toilet on 9 September 2026. The camera was pointed directly toward the toilet bowl, where a snake could be seen…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (439+ words) Vets rescued a curious fox who had managed to get her head stuck in a garden lantern. Video showed the item being removed by staff at Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital, in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire. The charity said the animal, found injured in…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (320+ words) Mark visits the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen where researchers are carrying out a project to restore, preserve and digitise irreplaceable soil and peat maps, aerial imagery, field notebooks and survey records collected since 1947. Mark hears why Hutton Unearthed: A…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (91+ words) A woman was shocked to find a large snake right outside her window in New South Wales on Saturday, September 5. Amelia Schumacher told Storyful that when she walked into her room that night, she saw something moving outside her window....

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (459+ words) A tourist visiting Loch Ness claims to have spotted a massive seven metre-long creature shaped "like a very large eel" in the water. Has the Loch Ness Monster been sighted again? Norbert Kawka was visiting the Scottish attraction from Malta…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (376+ words) A reptile rescue charity is urgently searching for a permanent home to support its growing operations. The Sussex Reptile Rescue Centre (SRRC), based in Bognor Regis, currently operates from a family home but has launched a public appeal for land…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (290+ words) In Finland, two orphaned fox cubs named Keke and Kake were released into the forest at the end of August after being cared for at a wild animal rehabilitation center in Mikkeli. The release site is located more than 20 kilometers…...