There's a chunk of land off the coast of Sao Paolo, Brazil that has the highest concentration of venomous snakes in the world. It's called Ilha da Queimada Grande, better known as "Snake Island," and ...

A nature guide has shared stunning images from the moment he came across a large venomous snake lurking in the undergrowth. Ian Ferreira of St. Lucia Birding Tours took to Facebook to post several ...

This island off the coast of Brazil is illegal to visit. Why? This is Snake Island. It's populated by 4,000 golden lancehead viper snakes, and they're not so friendly to humans. What would happen if ...

A close-up look at feeding a golden viper, highlighting the snake’s natural behavior and the careful precautions required when handling a venomous reptile. Warning. Do not replicate or reenact ...

In nature, many animals mimic others, for a variety of purposes. Now scientists have uncovered the latest example of this peculiar ability—finding that the Congolese giant toad mimics the appearance ...

High-speed cameras have been used to capture the biting mechanisms of different kinds of snakes, including vipers and the death adder. Thirty-six species were filmed with high-speed cameras biting ...

Mock vipers not only look like tree-dwelling vipers but also act like them. Intriguingly, they have a fake ‘fang’ in the front of their mouth, which befools a predator into thinking that they possess ...