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

A South African woman's TikTok video captures the heart-stopping moment her dog confronts a rinkhal snake, sparking a mix of ...

A busy road on the border of Sea Point and Three Anchor Bay in Cape Town has recently been the site of rare Cape cobra sightings.

In South Africa, this particular python is the only one of its kind; a very large and bulky snake that cannot be easily confused with other snakes. Sarel thanked a local farmer for allowing him to ...

African rock pythons, among the largest and most adaptable snakes, exhibit rare cooperative hunting behavior. They are formidable predators, preying on diverse animals ranging from rodents to ...

In addition to identifying python hot spots, researchers found the optimal time of day and the best time of year for hunting ...

Busani Mthiyane (animal curator) and Wade Whitehead (CEO of FreeMe Wildlife) with the juvenile Southern African pythons ... explained the care needed for the snakes. “They need to be fed ...

Think twice before using a toilet in the bush! A highly venomous Mozambican spitting cobra was discovered hiding in a toilet ...

A woman has been found dead inside the belly of a snake after it ... of Kalempang village in South Sulawesi province discovered her on Friday inside the reticulated python, which measured around ...

There's "Dancing with the Stars" and then there's "Dancing with Pythons." Dancing with a Burmese python is how the Python Huntress Amy Siewe described a recent encounter she had with the invasive ...

As summer unfolds, snakes, including rinkhals ... Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is one of South Africa’s leading news and information websites bringing millions of readers breaking ...