"This is something we've never seen before," Billy Collett, park manager at the Australian Reptile Park, where the snake ...

They must literally chew on their victim to inject their venom fully, so most bites to humans don't result in death. In fact, no deaths from coral snake bites have been reported in the U.S. since ...

One is the longest venomous snake on Earth, feared for its ability to deliver a massive dose of neurotoxin that can kill 20 people in a single bite. The other is small but lethal, with venom that ...

HHMI researchers discover that protein related to snake venom toxin modulates receptors that are targeted by nicotine. Scientists have found that a protein resembling snake venom neurotoxin modulates ...