In the rocky hills of western Iran, a truly extraordinary snake lives in near-perfect camouflage. The spider-tailed horned viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides) initially resembles an ordinary desert ...

The Iranian spider-tailed horned viper hides and maneuvers its incredibly uncanny spider-like tail to attract unsuspecting birds, but little is known about this species. In the rocky scrublands of ...

MYSTERY stories are always popular, and, of all the forms of animal lore, snake stories are by far the most alluring to the general reader. This I know because for years I conducted a newspaper ‘woods ...