You probably know that the king cobra is the largest venomous snake known to humans, but what if this isn’t entirely true? It ...

Four million years ago, the landscape of Northern Greece was the territory of a huge snake, a true biological titan.

A rare, deadly Russell's viper snake with two heads was spotted in India last week, British news agency SWNS reported. The snake was spotted outside a residence in Maharashtra, in western India. After ...

If you’re picturing giant cobras or black mambas when you think “most deadly snake,” the real answer is less... The post The ...

When one imagines snakes, the mind often wanders to sunny, lush places: jungles, deserts, tropical forests. But nature loves ...

Warning: Watching this Sahara sand viper do its wiggly thing with its undulating scales and still head will either mesmerize you or make your skin crawl. Please be advised. Ever crawl into bed after a ...

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 ...

From butterflies to birds, many harmless animals have evolved to look like their more deadly counterparts. But when a researcher in Thailand picked up what he thought was a non-venomous mock viper, he ...

The reptile, whose name in Hebrew is Land of Israel Viper, lives in the Jewish state, the West Bank, parts of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. (JTA) — Israel declared as its national snake a species that is ...