Pit vipers, along with several of their snake cousins, marry two senses to better locate prey at night: sight and a heat-detecting ability. Deep pits, which lie on each side of the snake's face ...

More: How coral snakes are different from other venomous ... but all have one common characteristic, a heat-sensitive pit located on the side of the head between the eye and the nostril.

Snakes possess remarkable abilities to navigate darkness, with some species utilizing infrared vision through specialized pit organs. These heat-sensitive organs detect warm-bodied prey ...

The Mojave rattlesnake, found in the southwestern US and Mexico, is one of the most venomous snakes in the world. It possesses powerful neurotoxic and ...