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?

A startling scene was caught on camera last week in South Africa’s Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park by a sightseer. Engineer Klaus Bohmer was on safari in the park when he came across something he’d never ...

New research from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has revealed that puff adders (Bitis arietans) can be highly efficient at controlling rodent populations that ...

Jinjiri said that the arrests were made after the Ag. Inspector-General of the Police, Mr <strong>Mohammed Adamu </strong>inaugurated `Operation Puff Adder’ in the ...

Puff adders, one of Africa's most widespread snakes, could be agricultural heroes in disguise. New research from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has revealed that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. It may not come as a surprise that snakes move quickly, as ...

Operatives of Operation Puff Adder have arrested a nursing mother, Simeon Esther, for alleged possession of one AK47 rifle and 18 rounds of live ammunition. The police said the firearm, To ensure ...

The demands follow the death of 24-year-old Patrick Peresuodei, who died six days after release from police custody, amid allegations of torture and complicity in his injuries. Some Bayelsa State ...

Yenagoa-based Jonah Okah writes on the exploits of the police special squad code-named Puff Adder, which has seen it restore normalcy and peace in Bayelsa, a state hitherto held by the jugular by men ...