A lethal interaction with a hippo is always a possibility in parts of Africa - Getty The allure of potentially lethal wildlife is often the reason we visit a country in the first place. Lions and ...

A new record of the highly invasive and deadly pufferfishspecies Lagocephalus sceleratus has been made in the northern Mediterranean, raising significant concerns. This discovery, detailed in a study ...

A surprising study has revealed that an unrecognized marine pandemic is causing mass mortality in bringing some sea urchin ...

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is best known as the neurotoxin of the puffer fish, though it also appears in a range of other marine species. You might remember it from an episode of The Simpsons involving a ...

A revolutionary new antidote neutralizes the venom of 19 of the world’s deadliest snakes. Researchers used antibodies from a human donor with a self-induced "hyper-immunity" to snake venom to develop ...

In the mountains of southern Iran, a new and potentially deadly species was discovered. Saman, et al (2025) Diversity In the mountains of southern Iran, a new species has been discovered — and it ...

Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology and writes on topics from zoology and psychology to herpetology.View full profile Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology ...

There are lots of ways a hazardous plant can end up in your yard. Sometimes wind carries problem-causing seeds a long distance. Other times, animals disperse these seeds during their travels. A number ...

The world's most deadly species is being bred to be safer, at a mega biofactory in Curitiba, Brazil. It aims to produce 100 million mosquito eggs each week infected with the 'Wolbachia' (WOAH-BACIA) ...