Footage showing a black mamba slithering across a bedroom floor before trying to hide beneath the bed has been captured at a home in South Africa. Nick Evans, a snake rescuer who removes snakes from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A bite from a black mamba in the wilds of Africa is almost ...

Africa's deadliest snakes, the boomslang and black mamba, showcase stark contrasts. While the boomslang, a tree-dweller with slow-acting hemotoxic venom, hunts by ambush, the ground-dwelling black ...

A "very hungry" black mamba broke into a cage at a house in South Africa and ate seven pet birds. Snake catcher Nick Evans, founder of snake rescue service KZN Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, said ...

Scientists have uncovered a dangerous hidden feature in Black Mamba venom that explains why antivenoms sometimes fail. The study revealed that several mamba species launch a dual neurological attack, ...

Two venomous snakes, the desert-dwelling Sidewinder and the African Black Mamba, showcase remarkable evolutionary adaptations. While the Sidewinder uses sideways movement and hemotoxic venom for ...