Snakes, for some, are the stuff of nightmares. For others, they’re beloved pets or fascinating research subjects. They’re classified in the suborder Serpentes and are related to lizards and other ...

A snake's lightning-quick bite is the perfect way to inject venom into prey. Aiding and abetting this violent attack are the long, curved fangs snakes have evolved to dose their next meal with venom — ...

image: Types of venom fangs in snakes: rear fangs (crab-eating water snake), fixed front fangs (taipan), and hinged front fangs (Gaboon viper); fangs highlighted in red (image credit A. Palci) ...

The world hosts hundreds of wildly different venomous snake species, from brightly banded coral snakes to camouflaged cottonmouths. But somehow even distantly related species independently evolved ...

A 2-year-old girl responded to a snake biting her on the lip by biting it back in return, killing the reptile. The toddler, who is from the village of Kantar, near Bingol, Turkey, was bitten on August ...

Video footage of the moment snakes launch themselves at their prey reveals that the reptiles are either "strikers" or "lungers" — and the difference between the two is rooted in their teeth, new ...

Different snake species have independently evolved fangs that allow them to inject venom into other animals, either to attack prey or for defence. Now we know how: they turned small wrinkles inside ...

Alessandro Palci is affiliated with Flinders University and the South Australian Museum, and receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Aaron LeBlanc currently receives funding from the ...

Using high-speed video, herpetologist Bill Ryerson filmed snakes attacking dead rodents and found species fit into two broad categories: strikers and lungers. When you purchase through links on our ...