A venomous rinkhals snake left Mzansi creeped out and amused after a video showed it dramatically playing dead, earning ...

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

What kind of person lets a black mamba sink its fangs into their arm-on purpose-and then comes back for more? For Tim Friede, ...

Here are the seven deadliest snakes on Earth, based on their venom toxicity, aggressiveness, and fatal potential.

While both are venomous elapids, the King cobra and common cobra exhibit distinct evolutionary paths. The King cobra, a ...

Forget the myth of silent snakes! These reptiles possess a surprising vocal range, from intimidating hisses and rattles to ...

The Dutch Queen stepped out in the eye-catching piece to host a lunch alongside her husband, King Willem-Alexander ...

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 ...

King cobras defy the notion of snakes being purely instinctive. These intelligent reptiles demonstrate adaptive hunting strategies, planning, and pati ...

“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 ...

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 ...

An African forest cobra (not the one pictured) bit a man at his apartment in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, officials say. Blessed Isaac Olupot via Unsplash A South Dakota man was bitten by a highly ...