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

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

Mississippi is home to 56 species of snakes and the vast majority are harmless when it comes to humans. However, six of the species in Mississippi are venomous and can inflict a nasty bite if not ...

Spain boasts a considerable number of different species of snakes, and there are 11 species found on the Iberian peninsula.

Scientists bought “snake liquor” in North Korea and identified its contents as the country’s first confirmed records of three venomous species of pit vipers. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto In hopes of ...

The snakes are a relatively unusual seizure at Mumbai airport - Copyright AFP Punit PARANJPE The snakes are a relatively unusual seizure at Mumbai airport - Copyright ...

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 ...

Just 20 miles off Brazil’s southeastern coast lies one of the world’s most frightening and mysterious islands. Ilha da ...

Few actions in nature inspire more fear and fascination than snake bites. And the venomous reptiles have to move fast to sink their fangs into their prey before their victim flinches, which may be as ...

A growing number of people in China are purchasing Indonesian venomous pit vipers as pets, the same species of snake as Zootopia 2's Gary De'Snake character, played by Key Huy Quan A 21-year-old man ...