If you got eaten by a snake, it could take a whole month to digest you... but it would at least leave your hair ...

By the time a human brain registers danger, a viper’s strike is already over. Here’s how these snakes can move faster than ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There have been multiple documented incidents where large ...

You've probably heard stories about venomous snakes, maybe even shivered at the thought of encountering one. The king cobra stands apart from the crowd in ways that might genuinely shock you. This isn ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American NORMAN, Okla.—Snakes have been around for ...