Scientists filmed 36 snake species to study their strike speed. They found vipers, elapids, and colubrids each use unique ...

It's well known that deadly snakes strike very swiftly, and it is easy to infer that if you’re unlucky enough to be bitten, the moment of contact will be as simple as it is sudden: a lightning-quick ...

A viper can bite its target faster than you can blink. It’s so fast that for decades, biologists have struggled to investigate it in detail. Now, with a battery of high-speed cameras and a cast of 36 ...

A snakebite landed a holidaymaker in the hospital for four whole days after she was bitten at her hotel. Sam West, from Shifnal in Shropshire in the U.K. was on holiday in Cyprus when the blunt-nosed ...

A venomous snake bit an employee at the San Diego Zoo on Monday, officials said. The incident occurred while a wildlife care specialist was caring for an African bush viper in a non-public area, ...