Snakes may be feared, but many animals hunt them. Explore how predators adapt to venom, speed, and defense to shape ...

Blind snakes stood out as the only major group with no recorded cases of cannibalism. This may be because they never evolved the highly flexible lower jaws seen in other snakes, which allow them to ...

Saharan Africa, over 300,000 people are envenomed each year, leading to over 7,000 deaths and almost twice as many ...

These majestic reptiles are the longest venomous snake on Earth. They can be found in India, South China and Southeast Asia. The king cobra's venom is less potent than other snakes, but they inject it ...

King cobras are the world's longest venomous snakes. So, imagine seeing one a few feet away as you embark on a train in India. The Western Ghats King Cobra (Ophiophagus kaalinga)—a vulnerable king ...

Navy sailors stationed in Bahrain on unaccompanied tours are in for a multimillion-dollar upgrade to their living quarters as part of a Pentagon push to spruce up barracks. Naval Support Activity ...

A strange little snake fossil found on England’s south coast has finally revealed its secrets—more than 40 years after it was discovered. The newly named Paradoxophidion richardoweni lived around 37 ...

In deserts, jungles and swamps around the world, snakes are waging a biochemical war against their prey. When a snake displays its fangs, it’s showing off one of evolution’s greatest weapons. This is ...

S&P Global Ratings downgraded Bahrain for the first time since 2017 as the Gulf country’s fiscal position deteriorates and debt levels rise. The sovereign credit rating was cut one level further into ...

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(Beirut) – Bahraini authorities have detained Ebrahim Sharif, a prominent political activist, for peaceful comments he made in Beirut, Human Rights Watch and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and ...