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 ...

Scientists found a 2-foot-long creature with yellow eyes and blue lips in a forest of Vietnam and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from A. M. Bragin via Idiiatullina, Nguyen, Bragin, ...

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 ...

DALLAS — There are even more snakes slithering around the reptile room at the Dallas Zoo, as it welcomed six eyelash pit viper hatchlings on Wednesday. The don't-tread-on-me yellow-colored snakes are ...

Zootopia 2 helps give reptile pets a better image – they’re not oddballs...,' said one man who recently bought an Indonesian ...

Researchers in China have discovered a new species of mountain pit viper with "great aggression." Scientifically named Ovophis jenkinsi, the discovery was made in the Yunnan province, in the remote ...

Snakebite affects millions of people each year. A new research project explores the conditions under which the jararaca pit viper of South America is most likely to lash out–and how this informs ...

Mississippi is home to 56 species of snakes and the vast majority are harmless when it comes to humans. However, six of the species in Mississippi are venomous and can inflict a nasty bite if not ...

Snake Island was isolated from the Brazilian mainland at the end of the last ice age, trapping Earth's only known population of highly venomous golden lancehead pit vipers on a rock in the Atlantic.

A Virginia man fought for survival after he was bitten by a deadly African Pit Viper he was keeping as a pet. The man was rushed to a Richmond hospital where staff raced to treat him with antivenom, ...

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 ...