Ilha da Queimada Grande, or Snake Island, is a dangerous place. Thousands of golden lancehead snakes live there. Their venom ...

Attleboro officials issued a warning to city residents on Wednesday, warning that a rare venomous snake has been spotted in the area.

Using a photo from the city, the state herpetologist identified it as a northern watersnake, a much more common, nonvenomous ...

The Attleboro, Massachusetts community is being extra cautious after first responders say a copperhead snake potentially ...

Hummel says being bitten by a copperhead felt like a deep wasp sting. His hand immediately swelled up and began to change ...

Unreachable, mysterious, and often dangerous—these twelve forbidden islands across the globe remain off-limits to the public, ...

It offered mice full protection against 13 of the 19 snake species tested, and partial protection for the remaining six. The researchers hope a future cocktail will cover far more snakes -- ...

Among these snakes were three Spider-tailed horned vipers, highly venomous and targeting only small prey like birds, as well as five Asian leaf turtles.

Officials said the passenger also stashed three spider-tailed horned vipers — venomous snakes that primarily target small prey such as birds — and five Asian leaf turtles.

MUMBAI -- A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai from Thailand, Indian customs officials said. The snakes, which included 44 ...

Key words: ablation, viper bite, antivenom, fang mark, envenomation. INTRODUCTION More than 1,000 cases of Japanese viper (Gloydius b. blomhoffii, Japanese mamushi) bites are believed to occur ...

METHODS Snake venom collection and preparation Live specimens of horned viper snakes, Cerastes cerastes (n = 10), were collected in the Aswan Governorate (Egypt) and identified at the Zoology ...