Mongooses possess remarkable agility, quick reflexes, and a unique resistance to snake venom, attributed to a genetic mutation. These traits, combined ...

Researchers in Colombia have scanned the skins of aquatic snakes to figure out how scale sensilla, tiny sensor-like structures, could help them find and attack prey. Scale sensilla, which are ...

It turns out snakes don’t need a plane to fall from the sky. In a bewildering series of events, a Texas woman was injured after a hawk appeared to drop a snake on her before swooping down and ...

Africa's deadliest snakes, the boomslang and black mamba, showcase stark contrasts. While the boomslang, a tree-dweller with ...

The gray-headed bushshrike launches a ferocious attack against a venomous boomslang snake in sub-Saharan Africa.

Snake fangs get a lot of attention, from their use in creating anti-venom to figuring out how they evolved. One area of research has now gone beyond just the fangs, looking at the way that all of the ...

It was like a scene out of the movie “Anaconda.” A Brazilian fishing guide got a closer wildlife encounter than intended after a giant anaconda leaped out of the water and bit him. A shocking clip of ...

Foxes have a reputation for cleverness and stealth, as seen in their roles as storybook tricksters over many centuries. These ambush hunters eat just about anything they can find. This includes ...

It turns out snakes don’t need a plane to fall from the sky. In a bewildering series of events, a Texas woman was injured after a hawk appeared to drop a snake on her before swooping down and ...