India is home to one of the richest and most diverse snake populations in the world. With a wide range of habitats from tropical rainforests and wetlands to mountains and farmlands, the country ...

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Gujarat’s most venomous snakes went under the digital hammer this week, as Dharampur’s Snake Research Institute (SRI) ...

In and around the streams of northeastern India, a new species of snake was discovered. Photo by J.C. Lalmuanawma via Muansanga et al (2025) Taprobanica From sharp-toothed sharks to spiders a bit too ...

Authorities in India are investigating reports that a dead snake in a public school lunch caused dozens of children to fall ill. More than 100 students became sick in the northeastern town of Mokama ...

A species of snake has been noted biting and injecting venom into humans after the snake is dead. Getty Images/iStock Photo As darkness descended on a man’s chicken coops in Sivasagar, India, he ...

On India’s railways, stowaways are not limited to ticketless passengers. Some arrive without limbs, luggage or much interest in timetables. A paper recently published in Biotropica suggests that king ...