Pit vipers, along with several of their snake cousins, marry two senses to better locate prey at night: sight and a heat-detecting ability. Deep pits, which lie on each side of the snake's face ...

With spiky scales that look like hair, this venomous snake from Central Africa blends into rainforests ... This venomous pit viper’s bright blue scales make it one of the most dazzling yet ...

The venom of a West African carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) is one of the four venoms used to test the effect of the new 3D blood vessel model. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...

Native to eastern Africa, this venomous snake is also one ... to conduct such tests with species like the venomous pit viper ...