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?

A startling scene was caught on camera last week in South Africa’s Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park by a sightseer. Engineer Klaus Bohmer was on safari in the park when he came across something he’d never ...

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 ...

Snakes are familiar, distinctive—and often feared—reptiles. And they've been around for a long time: body fossils found in the UK, Portugal and the US stretch all the way back to the late Jurassic ...

A HOMEOWNER'S fear of a puff adder under his fridge led to a surprising discovery by a snake rescuer. Neville’s Snake and Reptile Rescue responded to an unusual call-out on February 18, when a King ...

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 ...