You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing r.white@newsweek.com A black mamba has been spotted slithering right toward a home in South Africa, but any danger was averted. Nick Evans, a snake ...

A snake catcher has told of how he and his colleagues found two highly venomous black mamba snakes at the same property in South Africa, apparently on the hunt for a mate. Nick Evans, a reptile ...

African governments and the WHO combat continent's snake bite problem. NAIROBI, Apr. 2, 2008— -- In the action movie "Kill Bill" the lead character goes by a nickname, "Black Mamba." ...

The moment a plucky mongoose took on a deadly black mamba snake was captured in this incredible video. The tiny dwarf mongoose was spotted defending its burrow from one of Africa's most dangerous ...

The black mamba is the longest venomous snake in Africa, reaching lengths of up to 14 feet, though the average length is around 8 to 10 feet. It is a slender, agile snake with a coffin-shaped head ...

Does the black mamba have any equally deadly cousins, and if so, how many species are there? What kinds of traits do they share? In addition to covering what exactly makes a snake a mamba and the ...

The black mamba has quite a reputation. It is one of the world’s deadliest snakes. It is the fastest land snake in the world, and “the longest species of venomous snake in Africa and the secon ...

A Rottweiler in South Africa saved his owner from a black mamba. Evans was then called to the scene, where he described the 7.2-foot snake as a “quick and easy catch.” Black mambas are slim ...

Readers appeared to want to know not only if the video was real, but also sought more information about whether it showed a king cobra, black mamba, or other kind of snake. In our initial searches ...

The well-known snake catcher, Cockroach Mdhluli, rescued a 4,3m black mamba in Acornhoek on June 18. Mdhluli said the snake was spotted by a resident as it was creeping into the roof of his garage.

The black mamba is Africa’s deadliest snake. Untreated, its bite has a fatality rate of 100 percent, making it a killer among killers on a continent where it is thought that nearly 20,000 people ...