News

Within the remote islands of Papua New Guinea, four new tree snake species have been discovered. Limited sampling had ...
Are you ready to get to know your animals? Here are 57 African animals with horns - 12 of which we'll highlight in detail.
Whether you’re walking on a park trail or hiking in the woods, it’s exciting to see a snake in the wild. It could be a small one slithering through a pile of leaves on its way back to its hole. Or ...
The Hump-nosed Pit Viper inhabits the Western Ghats in India and Sri Lanka mainly. The Green Vine Snake is ... and a few of them are found in Africa. Cat snakes are nocturnal and arboreal, often ...
Flicking its tongue, a bush viper sniffs its surroundings. Venomous snakes kill some 30,000 ... Agile and arboreal, the eastern green mamba is one of four African mamba species.
Whether a destination filled with dangerous critters is your idea of heaven or hell, you’ll want to consult this list ...
Cape Cobra (Naja nivea), sticking out tongue, during the rainy season in green grass, Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa ... The study identifies Southeast Asian ...
The boomslang is a fearsome and venomous species found in sub-Saharan Africa. They usually have a distinctive bright green color with red and orange ... Check out: Horned Viper Snake Bite. The venom ...
the green anaconda is the heaviest snake, with adults often exceeding 550 pounds (250 kilograms) and measuring up to 30 feet (9 meters) in length. These vipers are highly aquatic and rely on ...
is one of the most well-known vipers. Native to the rainforests of Africa, this massive venomous snake can weigh as much as 45 pounds (20 kg) and reach more than 6 feet (1.8 meters) in length.
Its venom is potent, containing both hemotoxic and neurotoxic elements, capable of causing rapid death in other snakes and small prey animals. The Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) is one of the most well ...
There are many species of venomous snakes in Africa, but two are more distinct than the rest. These are the gaboon viper and the green mamba. The two snakes aren’t just unique—they’re about as ...