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

All venomous snake strikes look alike, but different species have evolved distinct fangs, speeds, and techniques. Watch how ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

An Australian boy died after being told to "sleep off" his venomous snake bite. Don't do that if one of Ohio's three venomous ...

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

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.

Over 5 million people are bitten by snakes every year, according to the World Health Organization. Many effective antivenoms ...