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 ...

The United States is home to many snake species. While most are harmless, some can be very dangerous to humans. Knowing which ...

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 ...

This story originally featured on Field & Stream. Pretty much all of the really impressive “biggest snakes in the world”—the 50-footers and up—live online or in Hollywood. (Many of the latter starred ...

This photo post comes via Mongabay’s partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Wild View blog. Under this partnership, we publish occasional original contributions from Wild View that ...

An Alabama man makes his living handling creatures that most people loathe. Ken Darnell is a snake milker. He extracts venom from snakes,... Ken Darnell's got a lot in common with dairy farmers, only ...