Learn about the eyelash palm-pitviper of Costa Rica, a vividly colored venomous snake with unique “eyelash” scales.

A 28-year-old man from Chiang Rai province died after being bitten by a cobra he had been filming himself playing with at a ...

Q. In a recent column you said bushmasters are the largest pit vipers in the world. I was told pit vipers have vertical ...

Some herpetologists consider kinking a response to feeling threatened. Others have reported it occurring without apparent ...

As snakes seek warm, dry shelter during the rainy season, encounters in residential areas increase significantly. Knowing ...

Don’t be afraid: of all of the snake species in Alabama, only six are venomous. Three of those six venomous species are ...

Snakes (Serpentes) live almost everywhere on Earth, except the polar regions, which are too cold for these cold-blooded ...

South America is home to a diverse amount of wildlife. From the Amazon rainforest to the arid deserts of Chile, South America ...

Another vault you’re not allowed to go in is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, AKA the island of Spitsbergen’s Doomsday Vault, ...

There is an island just off the coast of southeastern Brazil where people are forbidden and every animal that lands on its ...

A snake in Denmark has been spotted attempting to consume an oversized hare that's 10 times larger than itself. The chance ...