Cottonmouth snakes are often called water moccasins and are one of only four venomous snakes found in North America.

Russell’s Viper is arguably the most dangerous snake in India, responsible for nearly half of the country’s snake bites. A big reason for this: the snake is drawn to the abundant rodent population in ...

Queimada Grande offers 430,000 m2 (106 acres) of tropical paradise. There's just one catch. There's at least one snake per m2 (1.2 sq yard). And a whopping 4,000 of them are golden lancehead pit ...

A month after being bitten by one of the world's deadliest snakes, Jeffrey Leibowitz was at a Grand Strand reptile show, ...

The copperhead snake ( Agkistrodon contortrix ), also called the eastern copperhead, is a venomous snake that is endemic to the United States, with a habitat that covers nearly all of the Atlantic ...

The species' natural range extends from southern New Jersey to the Florida Keys and includes large portions ... people often ...

Like other pit vipers they have a triangle head and vertical slits in ... The Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake is the largest poisonous snake in Florida and also one the most deadly in the United ...

It’s better not to have cobras or vipers in the corner of your kitchen ... Then, there are those who think snakes make ideal pets. Burmese pythons were imported to the US (Florida was one dream ...

But off the coast of São Paulo lurks Snake Island. This island, crawling with thousands of venomous vipers, is undeniably off-limits for ... New Smyrna Beach isn’t just any Florida getaway. With its ...

Vipers are venomous snakes that belong to the scientific family Viperidae, which includes hundreds of species spread across multiple continents. Known for its potent viper venom, retractable fangs and ...

The Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) is one of the most well-known vipers.Native to the rainforests of Africa, this massive venomous snake can weigh as much as 45 pounds (20 kg) and reach more than 6 ...