Of the dozens of New World pit vipers, bushmasters are the only species to lay eggs. Anyone who is snake-shy would not have enjoyed Parker’s ecotour in Suriname.

A new species of pit-viper from the Ayeyarwady and Yangon regions in Myanmar (Viperidae, Trimeresurus). ZooKeys, 2023; 1186: 221 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1186.110422 ...

So far, Klebba’s eyelash pit vipers have been found at 23 sites in Colombia, the study said. The new species was identified by its namesake “eyelashes,” coloring, scale pattern and genitalia ...

The yellow-blotched palm pit viper, or Bothriechis aurifer, was first discovered in Guatemala over 160 years ago but remains “ one of the rarest species ” of its group, according to a study ...

The pit viper that typically bites the most Americans every year is the copperhead. That’s the bad news. The good news is that copperheads have one of the mildest venoms.

Two recently-arrived Mangshan pit vipers, one of the world’s rarest and most colorful species of snake, are just a subway ride away in the Bronx. The new hatchlings were born this past Aug. 7 at ...

The odds of being bitten by a venomous snake in Mississippi are low, but if it happens, you don't want it to be this one.

The pit viper that typically bites the most Americans every year is the copperhead. That’s the bad news. The good news is that copperheads have one of the mildest venoms.

The Dallas Zoo has welcome d six baby eyelash pit vipers, marking the first successful birth within the species at the zoo since 2014. The vipers were born Oct. 11, the zoo said via its X account.