The Most Venomous Snake That Rarely Kills 025 mg/kg subcutaneous in mice, making it the most potent venom of any snake in the ...

The world's smallest snake has reemerged from hiding after nearly two decades. The Barbados threadsnake, which measures 3-4 inches long, was "lost" to science for about 20 years, as researchers had ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

When people think of prehistoric life, they tend to jump to two behemoth bookends — the towering dinosaurs of the Mesozoic era and then the woolly mammoths of the ice age. But what about the millions ...

Beneath the surface of a Colombian coal mine, scientists made a discovery so extraordinary that it rewrote what we know about giant reptiles. In 2009, researchers unearthed fossil remains of an ...

Scientists found an 18-inch-long creature, a “sleepyhead,” near a road in Venezuela and discovered a new species, a study said. Screengrab from Getty / iStockphoto video Near a winding mountain road ...

Mississippi has six venomous snake species: Water Moccasins, Timber Rattlesnakes, Pygmy Rattlesnakes, Coral Snakes, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes, and Copperheads. Venomous snakes like cottonmouths ...

Scientists found a 2-foot-long creature with “large” eyes lurking near a stream in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto As night settled across southern ...

Near a river in the foothills of the Himalayas, a 2-foot-long predator with “reddish” eyes moved through the grass. Its “striking and vivid” coloring helped it go largely unnoticed — until some ...

Florida is home to 46 native snake species, four invasive species, and six venomous snake categories. The Everglades are known for the invasive Burmese python, which can grow over 15 feet long and ...

The king cobra occupies a singular position in the natural world-one defined not just by its biology but also by an unlikely ...