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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the bite from a puff adder, one of Africa's deadliest snakes, can eventually take down a rhino, the reptiles can only strike within about 5-10 cm (about 2-4 in) in front of it, which is about ...

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 ...

A Port Elizabeth woman who survived a savage dog attack four years ago endured a second terrifying encounter this week when she was bitten by a puff adder she discovered on her bed. Carol Jafta‚ 57‚ ...

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 ...