This iconic snake, with its bulbous head and red, yellow, and black bands, is famous as much for its potent venom as for the many rhymes—"Red and yellow, kill a fellow; red and black ...

The centre is home to about 150 of the world’s deadliest snakes, whose venom is regularly extracted through “milking”.

In the image accompanying the snake catcher's post, the reptile is shown in the middle of an open washing machine with its tongue out, sporting an orange-and-yellow color with black stripes.

The mighty King Cobra, infamous for its deadly venom, confronts the elusive Coral Snake, recognized by its striking colors and agile nature.

Mongooses have a mutated receptor for acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter in the brain, which prevents snake venom from attaching to the receptor and causing harm ...

Most snakes will only attack you if you get in their way, but snakes can bite you and their venom can be deadly. We spoke with Frank T. Burbrink, Associate Curator in the Department of Herpetology ...

A fourth kind of venom exists in sea snakes and is known as myotoxic. It leads to severe and instant muscular paralysis ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Aminiaturized version of the snake venom gland that secretes functionally active toxins can be grown from stem cells, researchers describe ...