Officers with the Virginia State Police raced against time to deliver anti-venom to a hospital after a man was bitten by his own pet pit viper. State police told WRIC the victim was initially taken to ...

The town of Milledgeville, Georgia, is on high alert and many residents are on edge as the search continues for a venomous snake that was spotted there more than two weeks ago.The Gaboon viper was ...

He’s no snake charmer. A 27-year-old Staten Island man was hospitalized after his illegal pet, a highly-poisonous East African gaboon viper, literally bit the hand that feeds it, police said Saturday.

Department of Natural Resource officers in Georgia are on the lookout for one of the deadliest snakes in the world. A woman who lives of Harrisburg Road told police that she spotted a African gaboon ...

Gaboon Viper: Snakes are indeed one of the most mysterious creatures in the world. They are one of the most brutal killers of nature, and they show no mercy to their prey. Interestingly, snakes are ...

In nature, many animals mimic others, for a variety of purposes. Now scientists have uncovered the latest example of this peculiar ability—finding that the Congolese giant toad mimics the appearance ...

Social media offers to sell some of the world’s most dangerous snakes brought the seller and unwanted response, and now the reptiles are slithering in state custody. Police said a search of a ...

If you're ever tromping around sub-Saharan Africa, you would be well-advised to keep an eye out for the West African Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica rhinoceros) -- that is, if you can actually see it.

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