In a study comparing every aspect of the habits of pit vipers such as the rattlesnake with those of related viper species lacking pits, Dr. Harry W. Greene of the University of California at ...

Winners and runners-up of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation's 2025 Environmental Photography Award revealed.

A good thing recently came in a small package for scientists: A new snake species found in China is one of the littlest pit vipers in the world. The new snake, Protobothrops maolanensis ...

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 ...

In this column, I discuss the largest group of venomous snakes found in the Southeast — pit vipers. The Southeast is home to copperheads, cottonmouths and three kinds of rattlesnakes ...

Heck, this specimen didn’t even have the pointy scales above the eyes that give eyelash vipers their common name. Eyelash pit vipers come in many vibrant hues, including this red wine morph ...

In this column I discuss the largest group of venomous snakes found in the Southeast — pit vipers. The Southeast is home to copperheads, cottonmouths and three kinds of rattlesnakes, all of ...