If you ever spot a horned snake (although god forbid), you'll see how it got its name - the presence of horns one above each eye. There are different species of a horned snake, for example, the ...

King cobra and Gaboon viper are two of the most deadly snakes, each with unique traits. The King cobra, found in Southeast ...

The spider-tailed horned viper has a spider-shaped appendage to attract birds. Tiny blind snakes and thread snakes simply slither through colonies of ants and termites, gobbling up their eggs ...

The West African gaboon viper has the longest fangs of any snake. In a 6ft (1.83m) long specimen they measured 2in (50mm). Snakes don’t blink as they have transparent eyelids that are fused shut.

The reptile, whose name in Hebrew is Land of Israel Viper, lives in the Jewish state, the West Bank, parts of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. (JTA) — Israel declared as its national snake a species ...