Gaboon vipers have the longest fangs of any venomous snake, at 2 inches, and have the highest venom yield of any snake, reports show. A bite from one can easily be deadly, though bites are not common.

Two highly venomous snakes were discovered living in squalid conditions, with about two inches of their own feces in ...

Africa harbours some of the world’s most lethal snakes, and two of its most formidable are the black mamba and the Gaboon viper. Though both inhabit parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, they differ greatly in ...

ATLANTA - Jason Clark doubts that a deadly Gaboon viper is loose in Milledgeville, Georgia. Still, the reptile expert immediately noticed tell-tale signs of the snake in a widely circulated photo that ...

If you had to take a bite from a snake just once in your life there’s a long list of “nope ropes” that you would rather take a shot from before you would get to the Gaboon viper. And that’s because ...

Sen. Martin Heinrich joined 14 colleagues in a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture saying the firefighters are critical for what's expected to be another devastating wildfire year.

HOUSTON — When keepers at the Houston Zoo noticed that Cookie the Gaboon viper wasn't acting like her usual self, they took action. They brought the venomous snake to Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — A Myrtle Beach Fire Department paramedic and a doctor from Grand Strand Medical Center recently helped save the life of a North Carolina man bitten by one of the world’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Police and ...