North Carolina is a state full of biodiversity, and snakes are no exception. Its diverse environments, from the mountains in ...

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 ...

Two venomous snakes, the desert-dwelling Sidewinder and the African Black Mamba, showcase remarkable evolutionary adaptations ...

An Australian snake wrangler responded to a Queensland home to capture a laundry basket intruder that turned out to be one of ...

Over 5 million people are bitten by snakes every year, according to the World Health Organization. Many effective antivenoms ...

Snakes can be scary because some are venomous, but they can also be really beautiful. Some snakes have bright red colours ...

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

Brad Hughes wanted more snakes for the collection of venomous serpents he keeps in a bedroom at his home in Spruce Pine, N.C., a mountain community near Asheville. So he spent Saturday morning in the ...

All parts of the foxglove are toxic, with the highest concentrations of digitalis found in the flowers, fruit and immature ...