There's usually a sense of excitement about what lies beneath the Christmas tree, but for one festive family the biggest surprise was lurking in the branches up above. Rob and Marcela Wild wasted no ...

A family in South Africa had to call in a snake catcher to safely remove a boomslang snake that they found hiding in their Christmas tree after they brought the seasonal item home One family's ...

A surprising video comes to us from the YouTube channel, Latest Sightings. In the video, a bird is seen attacking a snake that is at least twice its size. Although snakes are typically the ones to ...

'Twas not yet the night before Christmas, but there was a creature stirring in a certain house in South Africa: one of the most poisonous snakes in the country. The Wild family in Robertson, South ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Snakes deliver their venom in one of two ways: through ...

There's usually a sense of excitement about what lies beneath the Christmas tree, but for one festive family the biggest surprise was lurking in the branches up above. Rob and Marcela Wild wasted no ...