There are currently 18 to 19 families of snakes with approximately 2,950 different species. With so many snakes, both on land and in the sea, there is a wide variety of colors and sizes. In the ...

Nov. 10 (UPI) --Animal rescuers in India came to the assistance of a highly venomous snake found stuck in a fishing net in a rice field. Residents of Mangalpur, in the Puri district of Odesha, ...

A fraction of a second after William Sargent’s torch light catches the unmistakable glint of snake skin he roars into action, sliding on a protective glove and launching himself into the dense green ...

Scientists have made a synthetic antibody that can prevent paralysis and death inflicted by the venom of elapids, a large family of mostly deadly snakes found around the world. The discovery has us ...

Snakes bite 5.4 million people each year—and roughly half are injected with venom, according to the WHO. Between 81,000 and 138,000 people die, while around three times as many suffer amputations and ...

This is the terrifying moment a venomous snake appeared in a river as women held a religious ritual in India. Footage shows a fearless worshipper in the water being approached by a banded krait during ...