Two venomous snakes, the desert-dwelling Sidewinder and the African Black Mamba, showcase remarkable evolutionary adaptations ...

Getting on the trail in the western United States means entering one of nature’s most awe-inspiring territories. The ...

In some of the world’s hottest and driest places, there live a few snakes that look quite different from others– they have ...

There are six species of venomous snakes in North Carolina, each with unique features and interesting behaviors.

Researchers at the University of São Paulo have discovered a molecule in arachnid venom that behaves like a commonly used chemotherapy drug for treating the disease. The venom of a scorpion native to ...

Colubrid snakes, such as the mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila), which have fangs farther back in their mouths, lunged towards the prey from further away. With their jaws clamped over it, they'd make ...

Oct. 20 (UPI) --A New South Wales, Australia, man called for help when a venomous tiger snake slithered across his foot while he was a passenger in his car. Tanny Parsons said he was riding in the ...

Snakes are one of the earth’s creatures you either love or hate. Some are fascinated with their behavior and movements, while others run in fear at the sight (or sound). Regardless of your opinion on ...

Last month we shared footage of an enormous snake shown stretching its head and neck skyward, from a treetop, in the manner of a brontosaurus. Or such was the nature of remarks associated with the ...

PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – A kindergartener remains hospitalized after being bit by a rattlesnake last Friday. The bite, which happened at Gerald Ford Elementary School in Indian Wells, came from a ...

UNION COUNTY, Illinois — Around 35 species of snakes have shut down nearly three miles of a southern Illinois road to vehicles as their bi-annual migration peaks. Thousands of snakes, as well as other ...