The Irula tribe in southern India has a long-standing tradition of safely extracting venom from some of the world’s deadliest ...

In a first-of-its-kind discovery, a death adder has been found with three super-sharp, venomous fangs, instead of the usual ...

As the weather gets warmer, snakes will begin to appear. In Louisiana, there are seven venomous snake species. What they are ...

The Gaboon viper is native to rainforests of central, eastern, and western Africa. It is not an aggressive snake, but its two-inch fangs are the longest of any venomous snake, and it produces more ...

All snakes have teeth, but not all snakes have ‘fangs’–those famous, venom-delivering teeth that are so prominent in the mouths of species like the pit viper. Here, we’ll discuss the four different ...

However, if it does bite it has one-inch-long fangs and a powerful venom that can be deadly to a person. The copperhead is another one of North America’s venomous snakes. It is a pit viper. This means ...

The spider-tailed horned viper has a spider-shaped appendage to ... that channel the venom into the wounds created by the fangs. Snake venom is thought to have evolved mostly as a means of ...

Snakes are exclusively carnivorous, meaning that they only eat other animals — and in some cases, eggs. Their diets range ...

These elusive snakes are found in the southeastern parts of the United States. Unlike pit vipers, coral snakes have smaller fangs and a more potent neurotoxic venom. While they are less aggressive ...

Vipers, including species like the Russell’s Viper and ... A quick delivery of venom via specialized fangs allows snakes like the Taipan and the Death Adder to subdue prey effectively before it ...