The venom from three kinds of spitting cobra shows that the poison evolved to be particularly painful, but not as a hunting tool. It's actually for defense.

The bellies of sidewinders are studded with tiny pits and have few, if any, of the tiny spikes found on the bellies of other snakes, research finds.

A new kind of antivenom would be far cheaper and easier to produce than current versions and super simple for people who've been bitten to use anywhere.

Removing tree canopy to create breeding areas for timber rattlesnakes also brings in predators like hawks and bobcats, research finds.

After frogs in protected area of Panama died off en masse, the snakes that ate them began to disappear, too. It shows the extent of our "biodiversity crisis."

"For the first time, we now have a full list of venom-relevant toxin genes of the Indian cobra." The genome sequencing could lead to new anti-venom.

A snake expert answers questions about rattlesnakes in the winter, including why they hibernate and where they do it.

An entire rattlesnake turned up in a coprolite, or fossilized feces. Here are two potential explanations.

New research uncovers a surprising commonality between the skin of elephants and that of sea snakes.

The way desert snakes change direction when they encounter an obstacle could help design better search and rescue robots, researchers say.