Snake Island, or Ilha da Queimada Grande, lies off Brazil’s coast and is home to thousands of golden lancehead vipers—among ...

Just 20 miles off the coast of southeastern Brazil lies a place so dangerous it has been permanently closed to the public.

Off Brazil's coast lies Snake Island, a forbidden paradise teeming with deadly golden lancehead vipers. Its venom, five times ...

Ilha da Queimada Grande, known colloquially as “Snake Island,” is a jut of oceanic rock that measures some 43 hectares (106 acres), and most people — including decision-makers in the Brazilian ...

Ilha da Queimada Grande, located about 90 miles off the São Paulo coast, seems like another one of those beautiful places - at first glance. Almost every Brazilian knows about the island, but most ...

Ilha da Queimada Grande, located about 90 miles off the São Paulo coast in Brazil is infested with between 2,000 and 4,000 golden lancehead vipers, one of the deadliest snakes in the entire world ...

Ilha da Queimada Grande, or Snake Island, lies about 90 miles off the coast of São Paulo, Brazil and is home to the world's only native population of golden lancehead vipers ...

But just because there are laws against visiting Ilha da Queimada Grande unsupervised doesn't mean there aren't people who go anyway. You would think the snakes would be sufficient deterrent but ...

AN ISOLATED island sits untouched by humans but is home to thousands of inbreeding snakes with flesh-eating venom. Ilha da Queimada Grande, located about 93 miles off the coast of Brazil from downt… ...

The golden lancehead viper is found only on Ilha da Queimada Grande, an island off the Brazilian coast. Photo / 123RF Thrill-seeking sightseers have found their way to almost every corner of the ...