Bungarus multicinctus, or the many-banded krait as it commonly called, is a highly venomous elapid snake widely distributed across southern Asia. Available antivenoms show good neutralizing efficacy ...

Oscaecilia ochrocephala is most commonly found in Panama and Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former ...

Prototype treatment for snake bite envenoming proves effective against the venom of African and Asian elapid snakes, such as some cobra, mamba, and krait species, new research shows. Snakes bite 5.4 ...

For some, the rise of venomous elapid snakes was an almost apocalyptic catastrophe. For some, the rise and spread of venomous elapids was just another challenge to adapt to. For others, it was a ...

Snakes exhibit a complex repertoire of defensive responses, shifting from one tactic to another depending upon conditions at the time of encounter with a potential predator. Standardized laboratory ...

Researchers analyzed venomous snake strikes, revealing remarkable speed and precision in less than a blink of an eye.

An international team of researchers has uncovered “unprecedented” snake venom resistance in an unexpected species – the legless amphibian known as caecilians. The University of Queensland’s Associate ...

In what is believed to be the first encounter captured on video, two wild snakes in Colombia were caught fighting over a meal recently in their natural habitats. Danish researchers Henrik Bringsøe and ...

A black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) snake, one of the species that the team’s new antivenom seems to protect mice from. Image: Stu Porter (Shutterstock) We might be soon on the verge of having a ...

Few actions in nature inspire more fear and fascination than snake bites. And the venomous reptiles have to move fast to sink their fangs into their prey before their victim flinches, which may be as ...