In a first, scientists recorded high-speed footage from dozens of venomous snakes as they went in for the kill.

Colubrid snakes, such as the mangrove snake ( Boiga dendrophila ), which have fangs farther back in their mouths, lunged ...

A recent study found that copperheads often strike in under 0.1 seconds, and their fangs can break when they bite.

They found that venomous snakes use dramatically different strategies to deliver their deadly bites. Vipers and elapids ...

Antivenom, also known as antivenin, is an umbrella term for purified antibodies which work against venoms or parts of venoms.

It's well known that deadly snakes strike very swiftly, and it is easy to infer that if you’re unlucky enough to be bitten, the moment of contact will be as simple as it is sudden: a lightning-quick ...

Medicine is not helpless. Snake bites can be neutralised with antivenom, but that is often not to hand in the remote parts of ...

Nature's deadliest creatures employ distinct defense mechanisms. Venomous animals inject toxins through bites or stings, like cobras and jellyfish. Po ...

For more than 60 million years, venomous snakes have slithered across the Earth. These ancient, chemical weapon-wielding ...

Dozens of species of snakes have been captured on high-speed cameras, with researchers finding vipers were the fastest, but an Australian snake was not far behind.

A contestant was bitten by a venomous snake on the beach in Fiji, prompting medical personnel to pull him from the game during the Oct. 8 episode.