Nicknamed Snake Island, Ilha da Queimada Grande is one of the most forbidden places in Brazil. With thousands of golden ...

Brazil's Ilha de Queimada Grande is the only home of one of the world's deadliest, and most endangered, snakes, writes Natasha Geiling. Just the place for Brazil's disgraced football team to escape ...

Close to the Brazilian coast, there is a minute island which, over the years, has captivated adventurers and scientists alike. It’s called Ilha da Queimada Grande, but is more commonly referred to as ...

This is one of the deadliest places on Earth, 4000 snakes slither here, Navy doesn’t go there because…, its called… Ilha da Queimada Grande: When we say that we know everything about our blue planet, ...

There is an island off the coast of Brazil, in the Atlantic Ocean, where humans are banned. Why? Because it is home to thousands of highly venomous snakes that rule the land. Ilha da Queimada ...

Known as Snake Island, the viper-infested island is completely overrun with venomous snakes that can kill you with a single bite and is so dangerous that it is illegal for anyone to visit. Article ...

Not many people visit Snake Island each year, and there is a very good reason for that. Ilha da Queimada Grande, as it’s known in Portuguese, is a rocky island located off the coast of Brazil. At just ...

Brazilians quibble over whether there are five venomous golden lancehead snakes per square meter on Ilha da Queimada Grande or just one. Either way, it's the highest density of snakes on the ...

At first glance, Ilha da Queimada Grande is a beautiful place. It lies about 90 miles off the coast of São Paulo and has a great canopy of tropical trees which runs along its spine. Dark blue ocean ...

Ilha da Queimada Grande, known as Snake Island, is an uninhabited rock off the coast of Brazil that is home exclusively to the critically endangered Golden Lancehead pit viper (Bothrops insularis).