The puff adder (Bitis arietans) is one of Africa’s most dangerous and widespread venomous snakes, known for its potent venom and aggressive nature when threatened. The thick-bodied snake has a ...

Venomous snakes bite millions of people worldwide each year, killing at least 120,000. Many of them are poor people in rural ...

The puff adder (Bitis arietans) is responsible for more snake bite fatalities in Africa than any other snake. This snake is widespread across the continent and is known for its sluggish nature ...

According to the trust, adders hibernate from October, emerging in the first warm days of March, which is the best time to find them basking on a log or under a warm rock. The last recorded death from ...

The snake, a puff-adder, is one of the most feared and is known in Kikamba as kimbuva. Esther and her mother narrated the story at a meeting ornanised recently by the Kenya Snakebite Research and ...

Traveling with your family through South Africa is an exciting experience, but it’s important to be mindful of potential snake encounters.

Her team then checked this in a variety of snakes - dissecting a total of nine species including the carpet python, puff adder and cantil viper. The hemiclitores varied in size but were distinct.