Across the Indian countryside, a familiar but often unseen threat is quietly changing. Russell’s viper, already one of the ...

India is home to many snake species, some of them highly venomous. Here’s a look at some of the most venomous snakes found in ...

Venomous snakes kill tens of thousands of people every year, mostly in rural parts of Asia and Africa where medical care and ...

In a startling encounter, a four-foot-long green pit viper, known locally as the 'bamboo snake', was spotted by a vigilant forest patrol team within the lush confines of the Bareysarn range in the ...

The evolutionary history of the mock viper, a mildly venomous, widely distributed Asian snake that mimics highly venomous vipers for self-defense, has been solved. The mock viper represents a ...

A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai, India, from Thailand, Indian customs officials said. The snakes, which included 44 ...

In the 1960s, Brazilian researcher Dr Sérgio Ferreira discovered that compounds in the venom of the Brazilian pit viper could regulate blood pressure. His work eventually led to the development of ...

Mock vipers not only look like tree-dwelling vipers but also act like them. Intriguingly, they have a fake ‘fang’ in the front of their mouth, which befools a predator into thinking that they possess ...