Snake

Indian customs officers in Mumbai said they have stopped a plane passenger arriving from Thailand with a wriggling cargo of live snakes, the third such seizure this month Photo: INDRANIL MUKHERJEE
South Asia

Snakes on a plane bound for India, again

"Customs officers... foiled yet another wildlife smuggling attempt, 16 live snakes... seized from passenger returning from Thailand," said customs officers in the airport in the Indian...

Tim Friede, a man from the United States who helped to create antivenom against deadly snakes. Photo: UNB
Science

Man bitten by snakes over 200 times helps create breakthrough antivenom

Screengrab taken from a video of the rescue operation at a grocery store in Dhaka's Mohakhali on 3 March 2025. Courtesy: Wildlife and Snake Rescue Team in Bangladesh (WSRTBD)
Bangladesh

Huge snake found in Mohakhali grocery store: A rescue network story

Unlike Cobras and Kraits, a Chandrabora-bitten patient may get a little more time to reach the hospital. Photo: Auritro Sattar
Panorama

My two cents on the Chandrabora conundrum

Although they can swim, Russell’s Vipers prefer dry spaces; small bushes and grass forests are their natural habitats. Photo: Collected
Panorama

Where should you release a rescued Russell's Viper?

Representational image of a Russel's Viper snake. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Panic in Ctg over Russell's Viper: Civil surgeon reassures public snake antivenom available in port city

Rezaul Khan, 32, a farmer, had arrived at the Faridpur Press Club yesterday carrying a cooking pot with a live Russel’s Viper snake, the latest social media craze. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Man brings live Russel's Viper to Faridpur Press Club to get Tk50,000 reward promised by AL leader. Goes home empty-handed

Representational image of a Russel's Viper snake. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Russell's Viper: Environment ministry issues directives on awareness and safety

The Sundarban West Forest Division organised a training workshop on snakebite, remedies and treatment for the forest workers in Khulna on Tuesday (22 August). Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Death rate higher among those going to witch doctors to treat snake bites: Experts

Photo: Matt Sayles/Invision for Paramount Home Entertainment/AP Images/picture alliance
Offbeat

Scientists name new snake species after Harrison Ford

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Panorama

Why are more people dying despite fewer snakebites? 

Baby cobras found in a house in Faridpur on Wednesday (9 August). Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

22 baby cobras found in a house in Faridpur

Representational Photo. Collected
Health

Snakebite kills 7,511 in Bangladesh each year: Study