Snake Island, located off the coast of Brazil, is considered one of the most dangerous places on Earth. With an estimated 430 ...

There is an island just off the coast of southeastern Brazil where people are forbidden and every animal that lands on its ...

Snake Island, off Brazil’s coast, is home to the golden lancehead viper, one of the world’s deadliest snakes. With 4,000 venomous snakes on just 43 hectares, the island is a dangerous paradise.

The king brown snake, Australia’s largest venomous snake, can grow 6.6 to 8.2 feet long and weigh 6.6 to 13.2 pounds, with ...

The tiny hatchlings were born to a breeding pair of yellow anacondas brought to Nandankanan from the Madras Crocodile Bank ...

A study has found that venom from an Amazonian scorpion may kill breast cancer cells, offering hope for a new treatment ...

Snake Island is also officially called as Ilha da Queimada Grande and was formed after being cut from Brazil’s mainland as sea levels rose around 11,000 years ago. At the time a big population of ...

Highly aggressive Africanized honey bees, the so-called "killer bees," are moving north and spreading as climate change ...

The venom of a common species of Amazonian scorpion may give rise to a potential drug for treating a cancer that is one of ...

Ilha da Queimada Grande, commonly known as Snake Island, is a small island located approximately 90 miles (about 145 kilometers) off the southeastern coast of Brazil near São Paulo. Despite its modest ...

Scientists in Brazil have identified a compound in the venom of an Amazon scorpion that may help fight breast cancer, one of ...