Swarms of snakes are attacking people and cattle in southern Iraq as the Euphrates and Tigris rivers dry up and the reptiles lose their natural habitat among the reed...

I don’t generally write about other regions, but I couldn’t pass these up. First, a Taiwanese carpenter presented only by his surname Lee was indicted...

Diabetes affects 24 million Americans and an increasing number of children. It can lead to limb loss and heart attacks. Yet people are more afraid of snakes and...

Thousands of new plant and animal species were discovered in 2007, though only 10 were bizarre enough, lethal enough or just plain cool enough to garner spots on a new...

The snake charmers’ act and playing with snakes on the tune of their flutes will be history now in India. According to the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972,...