A3-year-old girl has been bitten twice by a venomous snake while walking back to her home in Tennessee. The girl and her family were returning from a relative’s house in Morgan County when the copperhead struck, reported local TV station KLTV. The child, who was wearing sandals and walking through freshly cut grass, was bitten […]
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How Urban Isolation Could Make Snakes More Vulnerable to Climate Change
Could urbanization make it harder for some animals to adapt to the climate crisis? A study published in the journal PLOS ONE last year found that the populations of Western tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus occidentalis) that were the most cut off from others due to urbanization in and around Perth, Australia, had reduced genetic diversity, making […]
A man died searching for Frisbees in a lake at a disc golf course where people are warned by signs to beware of alligators
According to police in Florida, a man died while searching for Frisbees in a lake at a disc golf facility where alligators are warned of by signs. The unidentified man was searching for flying discs in the water, and “a gator got involved,” according to an email from the Largo Police Department on Tuesday. According […]
Snake Charmer Dies After Playing With Cobra, Bitten on Finger and Mouth
A snake charmer in Tanzania has died after being bitten by a cobra he was playing with. The 60-year-old snake charmer, James Henry, was a well-known snake charmer in the Kigoma area, in northwestern Tanzania. He was known locally for catching highly venomous snakes and killing them after capture. The snake charmer had been called […]
21 percent of all reptile species worldwide are threatened with extinction
According to The Guardian, the largest study ever conducted on the extinction risk of reptiles on the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warned that 21% of all reptile species worldwide are threatened with extinction, which could have a “devastating” effect on the planet’s ecosystems. According to […]
Support our initiative to end horrific snake-killing contests
Thousands of native snakes have been shot at the Lake Providence Snake Rodeo in northeast Louisiana since the mid-1960s. Participants can shoot as many snakes as they want from their boats, and prizes are granted for the most and longest snakes killed. Louisiana is home to almost 50 different snake species. Some common species, such […]
Some Americans think they could beat a grizzly bear in an unarmed fight, according to survey
According to a YouGov poll conducted in 2021, many Americans believe they could defeat a variety of wild animals. People were less confident in their ability to win an unarmed combat as the animal grew larger. Humans battling animals, such as bullfighting, occurs all across the world, despite the fact that this poll discusses scenarios […]
Tawny Crazy Ants may have finally met their Kryptonite – a naturally occurring fungus can crush local populations
AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) — When tawny crazy ants invade a new location, they act as an ecological wrecking ball, displacing native insects and small animals while also generating huge issues for homeowners. Scientists at The University of Texas in Austin have showed how to harness a naturally occurring fungus to kill small populations of crazy […]