The inland taipan is widely regarded as the most venomous snake on Earth. Here’s how life in the Australian outback shaped ...

A career in the biological sciences can take you many places. You may find yourself in a cold, sterile laboratory testing gamete cells one minute. Next, you’re wading through muddy swamps looking for ...

Approximately 10% of the world’s snakes have deadly venoms. Australia’s inland taipan may be the most venomous of all. That said, a few species of deadly snakes stand out above the rest. Arguably the ...

What is a herpetologist? And why does the Commonwealth need an official state herpetologist? Ask Michael T. Jones, expert in amphibians and reptiles and a "herp's" best friend, whether it's in the ...

John Jensen, state herpetologist and a biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, has seen the data compiled by an ongoing snake population survey conducted by researchers with the ...

PHENIX CITY, Ala. – A local high school student and a reptile specialist are researching whether snake venom could cure cancer. A passion and curiosity for snakes is what brought John Mann and Brandon ...

Herpetologist Shawn Heflick, featured in Invasion of the Giant Pythons, is President of the Central Florida Herpetological Society. He has a permit to hunt down Burmese pythons in the Everglades, and ...

Chennai-based Herpetologist Romulus Whitaker, an American by birth, who has spent the better part of his life, chasing snakes in Madras, and working towards their protection and conservation is now ...