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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 ...

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 ...

Bushmaster: Bushmasters are large venomous pit vipers native to Central and South America. They sport long fangs designed for injecting venom into their prey. Gaboon Viper: Gaboon vipers, found in ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...