This lets the heat sensitive snakes essentially produce thermal images of nearby animals. Since many pit vipers go hunting after dark for rodents, birds and other creatures warmer than themselves ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the mountains of eastern Iraq, a hunter stumbled upon a black-tongued predator. Instead of killing the dangerous animal, ...

Meet the super cool Salazar Pit Viper: it's green like magic and has a funky red-orange stripe on its head." He also posted three pictures of the green snake. This was not the first time such a ...

Researchers only caught one snake and tracked down three ... or Vang Vieng lance-headed pit vipers, as seen in their natural habitat. Photos from J. Wohlschiess and P.L. Stenger via Grassby ...