The rattlers depicted on yellow Gadsden flags and Craig Ferguson's coffee mug are all-American vipers. Noted for their venom, vipers make up a widespread snake family that's represented on most of the ...

Discover the captivating world of blue snakes, from Florida's vibrant Blue-Striped Garter Snake to Australia's rare blue ...

Last week, I answered a question about coral snakes. In this column, I discuss the largest group of venomous snakes found in the Southeast — pit vipers. The Southeast is home to copperheads, ...

Last week I answered a question about coral snakes. In this column I discuss the largest group of venomous snakes found in the Southeast — pit vipers. The Southeast is home to copperheads, ...

A recent study found that copperheads often strike in under 0.1 seconds, and their fangs can break when they bite.

Pit vipers, along with several of their snake cousins, marry two senses to better locate prey at night: sight and a heat-detecting ability. Deep pits, which lie on each side of the snake's face ...

They found that venomous snakes use dramatically different strategies to deliver their deadly bites. Vipers and elapids ...

Two recently-arrived Mangshan pit vipers, one of the world’s rarest and most colorful species of snake, are just a subway ride away in the Bronx. The new hatchlings were born this past Aug. 7 at the ...

For the first time, researchers have sequenced a habu genome, that of the Taiwan habu, and compared it to that of its sister species. A bite from a pit viper, locally known as habu, can cause ...

Scientists found a venomous, 1-foot-long animal with yellow eyes at Tundaloma Lodge and discovered a new species, a study said. Street View Image from November 2014 ...

BEAVER, Pa. (KDKA) -- It was declared as a box containing T-shirts. Instead, when officials at a Beaver County Post Office received a box from the Philippines, they found two venomous pit viper snakes ...