Okinawa is home to 24 snakes, eight of which are venomous. Four of those are Habu, and each one poses a serious threat to people. And, for a fun fact, it turns out that the Habu viper is also used ...

A 3-foot-long habu snake was found for the first time last month on Aguni, one of several small islands that make up Okinawa prefecture. The yellow-and-black nocturnal reptile, which can grow up ...

It is more likely that you have seen a habu snake in a bottle of local rice liquor Awamori, in Okinawa, than that you've spotted one slithering by the wayside. Even so, habus are very common in ...

So let's start with the snakes. Everybody does. The dreaded habu snake on Okinawa is not exactly a welcome mat for the island. It's green or brown, and hangs around in trees with such insouciance ...

Scientists have helped sequence the entire genome of the Okinawan habu. It is more likely that you have seen a habu snake in a bottle of local rice liquor Awamori, in Okinawa, than that you've ...