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 ...

Most venomous snakes, including grass snakes, have fangs positioned in the rear of the mouth, while a few groups, including rattlesnakes, cobras and vipers, have fangs jutting down from their upper ...

A close up stock photo of a bull snake showing defensive behavior. A woman fluffing her pillows before bed was met with a sharp surprise when a snake, who had found its way into her house and under ...

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) ...

Snake expert Collie Ennis made a shocking discovery after removing what he thought was a splinter from his finger. After months of painful swelling and infections, Ennis finally found the culprit: a ...

This new species of snail-eating snake “Dipsas bobridgelyi” was named after an American ornithologist and conservationist. (Photo by Alejandro Arteaga) Five new species of snail-eating snake, from a ...

A young Australian boy bit by a snake died after his father said to "sleep it off," according to legal findings released in ...

If it was not part of the snake lineage, Breugnathair may have been an evolutionary dead end, with snake-like predatory ...

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 venomous snake with three sharp fangs has been found in an unprecedented discovery in Australia. The death adder with a rare mutation was spotted during a venom milking programme at the Australian ...