"One of the fastest striking-snakes in the entire world." ...

"Never in my life have I related more to a snake than this." ...

The puff adder is one of the deadliest snakes in Africa, and also an expert at camouflage. Can you spot the puff adder in the accompanying image, or in the footage before the narrator zooms in?

New research from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has revealed that puff adders (Bitis arietans) can be highly efficient at controlling rodent populations that ...

Puff adders, one of Africa's most widespread snakes, could be agricultural heroes in disguise. New research from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has revealed that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Reddit A popular Reddit clip is giving viewers a close-up look at one of nature's more convincing bluffers. The ...

Families who visited the Honeydew pop-up market at Garden on Zeiss on Sunday, May 30, were treated to a reptile show that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. It may not come as a surprise that snakes move quickly, as ...

Puff adders leave linear, sometimes slightly undulating traces. EcoPrint/Shutterstock Snakes are familiar, distinctive – and often feared – reptiles. And they’ve been around for a long time: body ...

There are a few more important features that can help an organism hide from predators, attract prey, or simply avoid other ...

Zakaria Muturi, 37, a puff adder bite survivor, that left him missing a finger on his right hand and now working as a senior venomous snake handler and community liason from the Watamu Snake Farm, ...