Residents of the tiny island community of Chokoloskee are raising concerns over an explosion in the population of invasive Burmese pythons. Dozens of the giant snakes have been spotted in the last two ...
A man in Stellenbosch, South Africa, found a venomous cape cobra under a pillow on his bed; the dangerous reptile was removed by an expert who used a hook and his bare hands to handle the animal.
Another common trope depicts poachers as male, greedy, gun-toting African criminals. In fact, poaching and hunting for “ bush meat ,” or meat from wild animals, are more often symptoms of poverty and ...