The owner of an escaped exotic zebra cobra that was loose last summer in Raleigh was bitten by a deadly green mamba months after his cobra escape. Chris Gifford, 22, who was charged with 40 ...

Black mambas, which can measure to 14 feet, are Africa’s longest venomous snakes, whose bites are often lethal if not quickly ...

POWELL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT/Gray News) - A reptile zoo owner in Kentucky is recovering after being bitten on his hand by a Jameson’s mamba snake. Jim Harrison, co-director of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo, ...

The 21-year-old owner of an escaped cobra suffered a near-fatal bite from a green mamba snake he owns in March — an earlier run-in with his extensive collection of venomous snakes. On a Facebook page ...

A grumpy black mamba was found draped over a bathroom sink in a family home in South Africa. Snake catcher Nick Evans—who owns a snake removal and rescue service in Greater Durban—said on Facebook ...

A "very hungry" black mamba broke into a cage at a house in South Africa and ate seven pet birds. Snake catcher Nick Evans, founder of snake rescue service KZN Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, said ...

In the summer of 2021, a venomous zebra cobra was on the loose in a North Raleigh neighborhood, an incident that captured the region’s attention. The incident prompted the city of Raleigh to enact a ...