Get up close with Gaboon vipers, known for having the longest fangs of any snake, and learn about their behavior and habitat.

Meet one of Africa’s most dangerous vipers, known not only for its deadly venom but also for having some of the longest fangs of any snake on Earth. In this video, we take a closer look at this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Congolese giant toad (Sclerophrys channingi) is the first toad found to mimic a harmful snake, in this case the highly venomous Gaboon viper ...

The Congolese Giant Toad shares its rainforest habitat with one of the most fearsome snakes in Africa. But mimicry might be the key to its survival, even without the fangs. In a feat of ingenious ...

A Virginia man fought for survival after he was bitten by a deadly African Pit Viper he was keeping as a pet. The man was rushed to a Richmond hospital where staff raced to treat him with antivenom, ...

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