Picture the inland taipan coiled in the cracked earth of central Australia, holding enough venom in its fangs to theoretically kill a hundred adult humans. The inland taipan has the most powerful ...

Snakes have a way of splitting people into two camps. You either think they’re fascinating living fossils… or you’d rather never see one outside a TV screen. Either way, there’s a reason humans get ...

In the U.S., there are roughly thirty species of venomous snakes, most of them rattlesnakes. Most people will never have a serious problem with any of them, but some species have a mix of strong venom ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South America’s Fer-De-Lance carries a potent hemotoxic venom. Theeastern brown snake is Australia’s deadliest due to human ...

The east coast of the U.S. is usually considered to be home to some of the tamer animals in America, excluding the alligators ...

DELAND, Fla. — A DeLand operation is quietly doing life-saving work one venomous bite at a time. The Reptile Discovery Center and Medtoxin Laboratory is home to some of the most dangerous snakes on ...