Why the smooth snake is in far more need of protection than humans.
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Australia is famous for its lizards and snakes. But we found at least 127 species are threatened – almost twice as many as previously thought.
A new study of European vipers challenges the idea that snakes use venom to inflict pain on predators.
A new study changes what we know about one of nature’s most enigmatic animals.
Snakes lost their limbs millions of years ago to become undulating, scaly tubes of muscles. Scientists are finally figuring out why.
Australia’s huge diversity of reptiles could be at risk from new fungal diseases.
In sub-Saharan Africa, over 300,000 people are envenomed each year, leading to over 7,000 deaths and almost twice as many amputations.
Released in the Year of The Snake, and with clear nods to East Asian culture, Disney’s latest animated feature has smashed box office records in China.
A new study shows how different snake species have evolved very different strategies to deliver their deadly bites.
Black mambas were found to be indicators of toxic poisons from heavy metals.
A man spent 18 years injecting himself with venom, almost dying more than once – and now his blood is behind a new snakebite treatment.
This species could be the poster child for conservation on a warming planet.
From dogs to snakes, people have been keeping pets for millennia. Here’s what people in ancient civilisations thought about their furry (or scaled, or feathered) friends.
Tracks and traces from long ago are preserved in cemented dune surfaces.
First aid guidelines for snake bite include staying still. But that can be tough if you’re in a rural or remote location.
Evidence suggests climate change could make snakes come out of hiding earlier. But it’s also likely to cause population declines or shifts in the long run, as snakes adjust to the new conditions.
Snake venom experts Stuart Ainsworth and Christoffer Sørensen talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the search for an antivenom that could neutralise toxins from multiple different snakes.
A snake bite in a remote area of the Amazon can literally be a matter of life and death. Amazon+10 Initiative study collects snakes to improve the serums available in the region
The genetic mutations responsible for the unusual physical features in animals can also cause great harm.
There are 401 indigenous terrestrial reptiles in South Africa.
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Research Fellow and Co-head, Australian Venom Research Unit, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Zoology, Bangor University
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Professor & Head of Section at the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark
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Professor of Herpetology, Environmental Physiology and Physiology, Ecology and Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Wildlife Ecotoxicology, CSIRO
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Associate Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Research Associate in Evolutionary Biology, Adelaide University
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in behavioural ecology and evolution, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics, Bangor University
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Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Animal Biotelemetry, Bournemouth University
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Senior Lecturer, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape
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Director, Clinical Toxicology Research Group, University of Newcastle
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Technical University of Denmark