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 ...

Snakes have adapted to climb trees, leap across hot sand, and even swim through water — all without arms or legs. What’s their secret? Mike Bock This corn snake, shown here at the Smithsonian's ...

With over 4,000 distinct species of snakes on the planet, it makes sense that some species have adapted to their limited mobility when compared to their nimble prey, such as rats and rabbits. These ...

That’s because in a race of reflexes, the snake usually wins. For a mouse or human, it takes less than half a second to ...

A homeowner was terrified to discover nearly 100 venomous snakes in a writhing black knot in his backyard — in a case experts ...

A group of hikers ventured into a mountainous rainforest in southern Mexico on a humid night. Around 1 a.m., they encountered a 2-foot-long snake moving through the leaves — and found a deadly species ...

Few actions in nature inspire more fear and fascination than snake bites. And the venomous reptiles have to move fast to sink ...