A rare, deadly Russell's viper snake with two heads was spotted in India last week, British news agency SWNS reported. The snake was spotted outside a residence in Maharashtra, in western India. After ...

Pimpri-Chinchwad: A large number of Russell's vipers (ghonas), a venomous and dangerous reptile snake, are being encountered almost daily by citizens in Pune District's rural areas. Most of this has ...

The Russell's Viper is one of roughly 1,000 reptiles that get venom extracted at the Kentucky Reptile Zoo in Powell County. The properties of the snake’s venom are unlike other snakes, however, and it ...

The Russell’s viper was thought to be nearly extinct in Bangladesh for many decades. Wildlife biologists were unaware of how widespread the Russell viper is in the country until 2013. The snake’s ...

New Delhi: Researchers have developed "venom maps" using local climate conditions that could help predict the venom characteristics of Russell's viper, a deadly snake found widely in India. A team of ...

A man in India has died after snake venom caused his blood vessels to leak, even following treatment with 30 bottles of antivenom. The 40-year-old male patient was rushed to Midnapore Medical College ...

Navi Mumbai: In a rare wildlife incident, the Wildlife Welfare Association (WWA) rescued a white-coloured Russell’s viper from Sector 8, ‘A’ Vrindavan Society Compound in Rabale on Thursday. India’s ...

Kolhapur: A Russell's viper snake, which was stuck in bitumen at a road repair site, was successfully rescued by a group of snake friends and animal lovers from Sangli on Wednesday.It took them almost ...

A student in Madhya Pradesh had a close call. He unknowingly rode his motorcycle for two kilometers with a venomous Russell's Viper hidden under the seat. People had warned him about a snake near his ...

Based on the veterinarian’s advice, it was decided to keep the snake under observation for two days. The snake is currently housed at the Wildlife Welfare Association’s transit centre The viper ...