A prehistoric viper discovered in Greece may have outweighed today’s king cobra. Fossils suggest this ancient snake was ...

When people consider the most massive venomous snakes on the planet, the king cobra is generally the first species that comes ...

Researchers in China have discovered a new species of mountain pit viper with "great aggression." Scientifically named Ovophis jenkinsi, the discovery was made in the Yunnan province, in the remote ...

Five new species of brightly colored vipers have been discovered, hidden deep within the cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador. The eyelash vipers were all previously thought to be part of a single ...

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 ...