When you're hiking in the Smokies, keep an eye out for snakes - but remember that humans probably see only 10% of the snakes ...

Researchers discovered two new species of snake eels in Vietnam, one with "robust" teeth and one with "sharp" teeth.

A resident photographed a venomous snake on Sylt, the first confirmed record of the species ... also known as the common European adder or common European viper, on Sylt Island, the study said. It was ...

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

Titanoboa and anaconda differ significantly, with the extinct titanoboa being much larger at 40-50 feet and 2500+ pounds ...

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 ...

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

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 ...