It’s been another busy year for Hope in the headlines, and readers were quick to find the news on The Standard’s website.

A new breed of venomous snake has been discovered in Australia. The desert whip snake has been mistaken as a different species for decades due to common characteristics with the yellow-faced whip ...

One of Europe’s largest snake species is crawling up walls and into attics in the UK, seeking warmth for breeding, scientists say in a new study. Aesculapian snakes, which grow up to 7ft long, are not ...

An enormous mound of Burmese pythons entwined in a 7-foot-wide (2.1 meters) mating ball was recently found in Florida's Everglades after conservationists followed several tagged males that were out ...