A venomous snake with three sharp fangs has been found in an unprecedented discovery in Australia. The death adder with a rare mutation was spotted during a venom milking programme at the Australian ...

A rare mutant snake with three sharp fangs has been discovered in Australia. Zookeepers at the Australian Reptile Park found the extra fang on a death adder they've cared for for 7 years. Death adders ...

When people imagine reptile teeth, many automatically think of snakes with sharp fangs. The reality is that reptile teeth are more complex and varied than most people imagine. Various species have ...

An Alabama man makes his living handling creatures that most people loathe. Ken Darnell is a snake milker. He extracts venom from snakes,... Ken Darnell's got a lot in common with dairy farmers, only ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Snakes deliver their venom in one of two ways: through ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Gaboon viper is an African snake species that is ...

An Australian man was hospitalized after he was bitten Monday by a deadly snake that launched itself at him with its mouth open and fangs out. Mark Pelley, a snake catcher based in the outskirts of ...

The world hosts hundreds of wildly different venomous snake species, from brightly banded coral snakes to camouflaged cottonmouths. But somehow even distantly related species independently evolved ...

A bright orange crocodile newt living high in the mountains, a soft-furred hedgehog with sharp fangs, and a ginger plant with roots that smell like mango. These creatures might sound like something ...

A 2-year-old girl responded to a snake biting her on the lip by biting it back in return, killing the reptile. The toddler, who is from the village of Kantar, near Bingol, Turkey, was bitten on August ...