In addition to the effects of habitat loss and climate change, some species of reptiles have high value in the pet trade, leading to harvesting of wild individuals. Some species of South African ...

FOR many years the fossil reptiles found in the Karroo rocks of South Africa have excited great interest because they seem to include the ancestors of mammals, or at least show how some of the ...

Henry the Nile crocodile will celebrate his 124th birthday at the Crocworld Conservation Centre in South Africa on Dec. 16.

Even the largest snakes, like pythons and anacondas ... In 2002, headlines were made when a 10-year-old boy in Durban, South Africa was killed and swallowed by an African rock python.

Pilots are trained for lots of scenarios, but certainly not for dealing with snakes in the cockpit he ... Mr Erasmus has been hailed a hero, with South African civil aviation commissioner, Poppy ...

Analysis - The quantity and complexity of commercial wildlife trade laws has grown globally over the past century. A new study examines wildlife trade laws in 11 countries and finds that a country's ...