Beneath the waves are millions of dangerous sea creatures – and they exist on every continent, from Oceania to Asia and ...

Scientists have developed a nanobody-based antivenom that neutralizes toxins from most African cobras, mambas and the ...

Six snake species in Florida can kill you, but few people have died in 20 years. Still, researchers say we need to learn more ...

Not everyone is thrilled to share their surroundings with snakes. Some folks find these reptiles fascinating and rush to ...

What for some was a big scare and a state of alarm for not knowing what species it was, for Fred Kraus meant the discovery of a new species of snake, ...

Scientists captured ultra‑high‑speed video showing vipers strike in under 0.1s. Copperheads occur statewide in North Carolina and cause over 90% of venomous bites. Homeowners should clear brush, ...

“They are the ones that have to be able to strike as quickly as possible,” says Alistair Evans, a zoologist at Monash University in Melbourne. It typically takes mammals between 60 to 400 milliseconds ...

A BREVARD COUNTY BUSINESS IS WARNING FAMILIES ONLINE ABOUT VENOMOUS SNAKES OCCUPYING ITS PARKING LOT. IT’S THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE SOME PEOPLE ARE SPOTTING COTTONMOUTH SNAKES, TYPICALLY OCCUPYING THE ...

In a first, scientists recorded high-speed footage from dozens of venomous snakes as they went in for the kill. Reading time 3 minutes If you’ve ever been morbidly curious about what it would look ...

High-speed video helped researchers to get close-ups of the attack strategies of three snake families. By Ari Daniel Venomous snakes inhabit a different perceptual world than we do. “Before the mammal ...

Few actions in nature inspire more fear and fascination than snake bites. And the venomous reptiles have to move fast to sink their fangs into their prey before their victim flinches, which may be as ...