EnvironmentA woman in Yuanyang county, Yunnan, was poisoned after copying a television method and sucking cobra venom from her farmer husband's bitten finger; reports in early July 2026 said both were treated with antivenom and discharged.
The animal carried by a child in a viral video, with a porcupine walking behind, is widely claimed to be a civet, but evidence suggests it is most likely her grey pet cat.
A viral video of a small child walking through paddy fields carrying a civet-like animal with a porcupine following was widely shared as Bangladeshi, but fact-checkers traced it to Sri Lanka.
EnvironmentA court in Taizhou, eastern China, convicted three men over the illegal buying, breeding and selling of protected pythons after police, according to Chinese state media, traced an escaped snake to a flat through unusually high electricity use and found 309 snakes inside.
Hundreds of people gathered in San Francisco to taste famous Indian mango varieties for free at an annual mango celebration.
WorldSouth African police said in early May 2026 that human remains were found inside a large crocodile taken from the flooded Komati River near Komatipoort during the search for a missing 59-year-old businessman; DNA tests were still pending.
A 1995-born woman surnamed Qin returned to her village in Guilin to help her father farm more than 60,000 venomous snakes, a business that earns over 1 million yuan a year.
A woman in Brisbane woke in the night to find a carpet python about 2.5 metres long coiled on her chest, and calmly removed it through the window herself.
EnvironmentAmerican streamer Darren Watkins Jr., known as 'Speed', shared a video on 3 January 2026 of a sprint against a cheetah in South Africa; he kept level at first, but the cheetah pulled away and finished first after scratching his leg before the start.
A food science lecturer warns that much of the date palm molasses sold today is adulterated with hydrose and textile dyes that endanger kidneys and health.
A wild raccoon broke into a liquor store in Virginia, drank from several bottles and was found passed out before animal control released it back into the wild.
A survey of 1,063 people in 10 Indian cities including Delhi found 91.4 per cent believe local stray dogs help prevent crime and keep the area safe.
A man in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district has submitted a written complaint claiming his wife turns into a snake at night and tries to bite him.
