Lancehead pit vipers are one of the most feared snakes in South America. Their reputation is well-deserved; data suggests that they kill more people than any other American reptile. However ...

The research was conducted in northern Florida, where a variety of dangerous American pit vipers can be found, including the timber rattlesnake, water moccasin, eastern diamondback rattlesnake and ...

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 ...

Pit vipers, along with several of their snake cousins, marry two senses to better locate prey at night: sight and a heat-detecting ability. Deep pits, which lie on each side of the snake's face ...

One of the newborns eyelash pit viper at Dallas Zoo.(Photo courtesy of Dallas Zoo) Eyelash pit vipers are known for their signature “eyelash” scales — a unique evolutionary feature that ...

Bounce Imaging, a Buffalo-based company that develops 360-degree tactical cameras, announced this morning that its latest innovation, the Pit Viper 360, has made Time Magazine’s Best Inventions ...

Commonly known as the large-scaled pit viper, these beautiful snakes are listed as ‘Near Threatened’. Gliding frogs can jump and glide from one tree to another, if these are short distances.