Animals use many different kinds of adaptations to protect themselves. These animals, for example, have fangs!

The Gaboon viper is the heaviest venomous snake in Africa, stretching up to six feet and weighing as much as 25 pounds. With a broad, leaf-shaped head and patterns that look like dead leaves and ...

Gaboon vipers is loaded with the world’s longest snake fangs, reaching up to two inches in length. These exceptionally long fangs fold back when the mouth is closed, enabling deep venom ...

Snake Island, which is officially known as Ilha da Queimada Grande, is one of those places that remains hidden off the coast of Brazil, and it’s not the typical island paradise. There are no ...

S ome snakes are well-known for injecting prey with venom from their fangs. What’s less well known is that they produce toxic ...

Researchers have published the first example of a synthetic sugar detection test for snake venom, offering a new route to rapid diagnosis and better antivenoms. Every five minutes, 50 people are ...

The first reports about a G.I. Joe spin-off video game centered on Snake Eyes were revealed nearly three years ago. Atomic Arcade--one of Hasbro's in-house video game developers--has been working ...

A Sunshine Coast-based snake catcher has reported the death of a red-bellied black snake to the Queensland Environment Department. The snake catcher had been called to a property to relocate the ...

For thousands of years, snakes have been used in art, literature, religious texts and more. From Adam and Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden to Medusa with her hair of snakes that turned ...

Every year, The News & Observer informs readers about how to identify the venomous snakes and what to do if one bites you — or your pet. Experts repeat the same advice about interacting with ...