Scientists filmed 36 snake species to study their strike speed. They found vipers, elapids, and colubrids each use unique ...

They found that venomous snakes use dramatically different strategies to deliver their deadly bites. Vipers and elapids ...

That’s because in a race of reflexes, the snake usually wins. For a mouse or human, it takes less than half a second to ...

All venomous snake strikes look alike, but different species have evolved distinct fangs, speeds, and techniques. Watch how ...

A viper can bite its target faster than you can blink. It’s so fast that for decades, biologists have struggled to investigate it in detail. Now, with a battery of high-speed cameras and a cast of 36 ...

Few actions in nature inspire more fear and fascination than snake bites. And the venomous reptiles have to move fast to sink ...

In a first, scientists recorded high-speed footage from dozens of venomous snakes as they went in for the kill.

It's well known that deadly snakes strike very swiftly, and it is easy to infer that if you’re unlucky enough to be bitten, the moment of contact will be as simple as it is sudden: a lightning-quick ...

Colubrid snakes, such as the mangrove snake ( Boiga dendrophila ), which have fangs farther back in their mouths, lunged ...

A recent study found that copperheads often strike in under 0.1 seconds, and their fangs can break when they bite.

Different snakes put their own spin on striking their prey. Scientists captured the powerful attacks on camera ...

Vipers have the fastest strikes, but snakes from other families can give some slower vipers stiff competition.