Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There have been multiple documented incidents where large ...

An extensive exploration of ten years of wildlife rescue data reveals the complex interactions between humans and reptiles in Sydney's urban landscape, where the venomous red-bellied black snake is ...

By the time a human brain registers danger, a viper’s strike is already over. Here’s how these snakes can move faster than ...

For centuries, snakes were thought to act purely on instinct, driven by reflexes rather than reason. However, modern environmental science and animal cognition research are transforming this ...