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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

Queensland is the most biologically diverse territory in Australia, home to over 50% of its reptile species. Here are its ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

An Australian man was hospitalized after he was bitten Monday by a deadly snake that launched itself at him with its mouth open and fangs out. Mark Pelley, a snake catcher based in the outskirts of ...

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 ...

You’re stepping onto the patio with a cup of coffee when – freeze – there’s a snake in the grass. Your heart spikes. Your ...

Scientists have discovered a strange Jurassic lizard on Scotland’s Isle of Skye that’s blurring the boundaries between snakes ...