Chances are, you probably haven’t heard of the Gaboon viper. Despite having the largest fangs of any snake in the world, the Gaboon viper is little known outside herpetological circles. This is ...

The spider-tailed horned viper has a spider-shaped appendage to attract birds ... Most, however, have grooves in their teeth that channel the venom into the wounds created by the fangs. Snake venom is ...

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

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

The Texas coral snake has short, fixed and hollow fangs in the front of their upper ... water moccasin are the world's only semi-aquatic vipers, and typical moccasin behavior includes curling ...

They are experts at extracting venom from venomous snakes such as the King Cobra and the Indian Saw-Scaled Viper, species that ... as their fangs deliver venom with conditions under controlled ...

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 ...

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 ...