For the first time ever, scientists have created genetically modified snakes. The CRISPR-edited reptiles are providing new insight into how corn snakes (Pantherophis guttatus) develop their precisely ...

Black mambas (Dendroaspis polylepis) are Africa's longest, most famous venomous snakes. Despite their fearsome reputation, ...

Humans and monkeys may have evolved their keen ability to detect snakes due to a fear response triggered by the reptiles' scales, rather than their elongated bodies, according to research from Nagoya ...

Venom from an eastern diamondback rattlesnake in the Everglades is distinct from the cocktail of toxins delivered by the same species in the Florida panhandle area, some 500 miles away. But no matter ...