The jararaca is one of South America’s most venomous snakes, so you probably want to avoid stepping on one at all costs. Unless you’re Joao Miguel Alves-Nunes, a biologist at Brazil’s Butantan ...

The email my grandson Parker sent his family and friends when he was in a South American jungle got everyone’s attention, including mine. “I found one! A snake of a lifetime. Truly the most incredible ...

Asian pit vipers of the genus Trimeresurus are notoriously difficult to tell apart and continue puzzling researchers to this day. Some species groups have similar-looking species (different species ...

The vipers were born Oct. 11, the zoo said via its X account. Eyelash pit vipers are known for their signature “eyelash” scales — a unique evolutionary feature that helps them survive in their habitat ...

In the animal kingdom, there are many grand examples of species that make sense of their world by expertly deciphering even weak signals from their surroundings. An eagle soaring above the ground ...

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 ...