Even the largest snakes, like pythons and anacondas, primarily feed on rodents, birds and other small to medium-sized mammals. However, in certain scenarios, they do prey on people—behavior that ...

Broadley dedicated his career to studying African reptiles and house snakes, making this discovery a fitting acknowledgment of his contributions. Hallermann and Hawlitschek conducted the research to ...

Scientists Jakob Hallermann and Oliver Hawlitschek made the discovery of this new species, which they named Boaedon broadleyi, or Broadley’s African house snake. The name honors the late Donald ...

He uploaded its photos on the social media app Instagram, and the images popped up on the feed of his colleague, Zeeshan Mirza. This led to three years of detailed investigations to identify the snake ...