In the animal kingdom, there are many grand examples of species that make sense of their world by expertly deciphering even weak signals from their surroundings. An eagle soaring above the ground ...

Scientists found a rare reptile, the yellow-blotched palm pit viper, on a hike in Chiapas and expanded the known range of a dangerous species. Photo from Jorge Arturo Hidalgo-Garcia, shared by Adam ...

Scientists bought “snake liquor” in North Korea and identified its contents as the country’s first confirmed records of three venomous species of pit vipers. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto In hopes of ...

Last week, I answered a question about coral snakes. In this column, I discuss the largest group of venomous snakes found in the Southeast — pit vipers. The Southeast is home to copperheads, ...

Two recently-arrived Mangshan pit vipers, one of the world’s rarest and most colorful species of snake, are just a subway ride away in the Bronx. The new hatchlings were born this past Aug. 7 at the ...