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

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

Snakebites are among the deadliest neglected tropical diseases, and scientists have long been searching for more effective ...

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

Scientists have sunk their fangs into a panacea for snake bites. The new antivenom can counteract the bite of several deadly species of snake with fewer side effects and easier storage. If made ...

A hypothetical showdown between a reticulated python and a green anaconda reveals the anaconda as the likely victor. Despite ...

Different snakes put their own spin on striking their prey. Scientists captured the powerful attacks on camera ...

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

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 ...

Scientists filmed 36 snake species to study their strike speed. They found vipers, elapids, and colubrids each use unique ...