When a venomous snake sinks its fangs, a complex mixture of toxic proteins, enzymes and other molecular substances is injected straight into your bloodstream. This is to disable you and break down ...

Snakes are often feared and hated, and recent news of the fatal Copperhead bite that tragically took the life of Oliver Baker is sure to only add to hatred. However, individuals must understand that ...

The mountains along Santa Barbara County’s South Coast have been denuded by fire, flash flooding and debris flows, and snakes have been displaced from their habitats by the upheaval. Summer is on its ...

Deer, crocodiles and even a human are just some of the odd meals engulfed by pythons. How do they gorge on such giant fare? Python snakes don't dislocate their jaws (a common myth), but instead rely ...

ARMED with a pair of 18-inch aluminum tongs, St. Pete's Dancing Marlin owner John Zotos poked the chicken-wire cage. The Western diamondback rattlesnakes rattled and hissed. Onlookers cautiously moved ...

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — A biologist has discovered an inhabitant at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base that’s been hiding for more than 100 years. Eleven Smooth Green Snakes, thought to have ...