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Given that existing anti-venom does not neutralise the venom of a Malar pit viper, the study authors are are raising awareness about these lesser-known but medically significant venomous snakes so that antivenom manufacturers can consider adding them to their immunisation pools. Image by Bose Mudappa.

Scientists warn Malabar pit viper is medically overlooked

Arathi Menon 12 Dec 2025
Rhinophis siruvaniensis. Image by by Umesh P.K.

Scientists describe a new species of burrowing shieldtail snake

Vandana K. 9 Dec 2025
A camera trap image captures a pack of golden jackals feeding on a crowned river turtle. Image by Gourav Sonawane.

Golden jackals are a growing threat to endangered crowned river turtles

Shweta Yogi 6 Nov 2025
A saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus). Image by Rohit via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India’s snakes changing range, thanks to climate change

T. V. Padma 17 Oct 2025

Dead snakes can still inject venom

Nabarun Guha 23 Sep 2025

Roadkill study demonstrates urgent necessity for safeguards

Simrin Sirur 2 Sep 2025
A gharial and its offspring. At temperatures of around 32°C, a majority of hatchlings may develop into males, while temperatures below 31.5°C and above 33.5°C will see female production dominate. Image by Surya P Sharma.

Rising temperatures could change the future for India’s gharials

Sneha Mahale 11 Jul 2025
A Russel's viper. Image by CHANDRANUJ via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

A single pill to fight the fang

Arathi Menon 4 Jul 2025
Taira Malaney, director of the film Turtle Walker. Image by Krish Makhija.

How one researcher walked thousands of miles along India’s shores to conserve sea turtles

Priyanka Shankar 7 Mar 2025
prashad's gecko

[Commentary] The indomitable and highly resilient geckos

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 22 Jan 2025

Your Environment This Week: India’s latest tiger reserve, DiCaprio’s Himalayan snake, Empowering waste pickers

Mongabay India 3 Jan 2025

Meet DiCaprio’s Himalayan serpent

Neha Jain 3 Jan 2025
Indian spiny tailed lizard.

The lizard caught between myth and modernisation

Sneha Richhariya, Tej Prakash Bhardwaj 7 Nov 2024
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Baby snakes with toxic traits

Arathi Menon 30 Aug 2024
The Russell’s viper rescued by Saurav Borkataki on 2 August 2024 from the Bihaguri area of Sonitpur district. Image by Saurav Borkataki.

Misinformation about Russell’s viper stokes incidents of snake killing in Assam

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 28 Aug 2024

Gharial conservation should extend to unprotected rivers

Arathi Menon 21 Feb 2024

[Book review] A frank and fearless autobiography of India’s snakeman

Meena Menon 13 Feb 2024

Pythons return home, slowly but surely, finds a new study

Arathi Menon 6 Dec 2023

No magic bullets to deal with snakebites

Arathi Menon 22 Nov 2023

Study busts myths around king cobra venom

Arathi Menon 9 Nov 2023