Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of the world, while others have been hiding right under our noses. Learn more ...

Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing ...

Above the shores of prehistoric seas and lakes, pterosaurs roamed the skies. They were feathered creatures that ranged in ...

Let’s face it, the sight of a snake – especially a venomous one – can trigger panic in even the most courageous individuals. Whether it's the slithering danger of the Cape Cobra or the jaw-dropping ...

In Stellenbosch, one man got more than he bargained for when he returned home to find a highly venomous Cape Cobra curled ...

In Stellenbosch, one man got more than he bargained for when he returned home to find a highly venomous Cape Cobra curled ...

BY PAUL ECCLES, ANDJELA MILIVOJEVIC AND RACHEL SCHRAER ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY SHAFA’ATU SULEIMAN AND LAURA MARGOTTINI He ...

Several hospital staff members were needed to get the seven-foot python out of a ward - fortunately there were no patients inside at the time of the bizarre incident ...

Less than a year after becoming India’s first State to declare snakebite envenoming cases and deaths as a notifiable disease ...