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

Nature is full of amazing creatures whose species have evolved over centuries to get to where they are today. One amazing ...

That’s because in a race of reflexes, the snake usually wins. For a mouse or human, it takes less than half a second to register a threat and react. But venomous snakes are capable of launching ...

All venomous snake strikes look alike, but different species have evolved distinct fangs, speeds, and techniques. Watch how ...

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 ...

Around 100,000 people die each year from snake bites, but this new broad-spectrum antivenom protects against 17 deadly ...

The increased sightings of Russell's viper in Bangladesh have caused widespread anxiety. The highly venomous snake Russell's viper has become more frequently spotted ...

While on a field trip in Thailand with his colleagues, researcher Colin Strine of Sakaerat Environmental Research Station in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, was met with one of Nature’s fake-out moments.

The reptile, whose name in Hebrew is Land of Israel Viper, lives in the Jewish state, the West Bank, parts of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. (JTA) — Israel declared as its national snake a species that is ...