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

A pair of reptile wranglers in Australia came to the rescue of a yellow-tailed whip snake that found its way into a ...

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

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 ...

Very few things are scarier than stumbling across a venomous snake on your hike or outdoor stroll, so here are some places ...

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 ...

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

Every year, venomous snakes kill more people worldwide than sharks, lions, and wolves combined—yet most of us barely give ...

If you ever get bitten by a snake, don’t believe what you see in the movies. Tying a tourniquet, slicing your arm, or trying ...

Snakebite envenoming is among the world's deadliest yet most overlooked tropical diseases. The WHO has classified snakebite envenoming as one of 21 neglected tropical diseases, resulting in between ...

Put down your phone and help your dog when it comes face to face with a snake, says Durban veterinarian Dr Carla Goede.

A suspected big molesnake crossed the road in South Africa, and a motorist recorded it, leaving social media users talking ...