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 ...

A striking photo captures the moment a venomous green pit viper devours a brown tree frog in a rainforest in Taiwan, as the frog forlornly takes a final gulp of air. The gruesome shot has been ...

"Asian pit vipers from the genus Trimeresurus are particularly challenging to distinguish due to their wide range of morphological variability. Some groups consist of many visually similar species ...

Of the 95 dogs analyzed in the study–all of which had been bitten by extremely venomous pit vipers–only five died. “Most dogs will survive if treated promptly and appropriately with adequate ...

Commonly known as the large-scaled pit viper, these beautiful snakes are listed as ‘Near Threatened’. Gliding frogs can jump and glide from one tree to another, if these are short distances.