A massive puff adder captured on video in the Little Karoo draws 1.5M views, showcasing its stealthy movement and camouflage ...

It’s that time of year when snakes begin emerging, like the eastern hognose snake, who has an incredible zombie defense ...

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?

Puff adders in Africa are ambush foragers that rely on patience and stealth to catch prey, though their lying-in-wait strategy often puts the squat, venomous snakes at risk of being spotted and eaten ...

Durban — Work was temporarily halted when workers spotted a puff adder in the area they were working at a cement plant on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday. South Coast snake catcher Sarel ...

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 ...

Puff Adders are the ultimate ambush predator. This African viper species, Bitis arietans, relies on stealth, both to find its prey and to hide from their predators. And, while they have always been ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Jan. 11 (UPI) --New research suggests the African puff adder has two main stealth strategies. Researchers already knew about the first, extreme patience and stillness, but ...

Xavier Glaudas receives funding from National Geographic. Graham Alexander receives funding from the National Research Foundation and National Geographic. Predators use a variety of strategies to ...

This is the extraordinary moment a family of meerkats pulled together to save their newborn pups from a deadly snake. The drama unfolded when a venomous puff adder invaded a burrow where five newborn ...

A British tourist has cheated death in South Africa after being bitten in the right ankle by a deadly puff adder, one of Africa's most dangerous snakes. Harriet Edwards, 23, of Dorset, was hiking with ...

The puff adder, Bitis Arietans, one of Africa's most abundant and venomous snake species has long been known to be a master of camouflage, but research has shown that it is the first land animal to be ...