The term \"black snake\" encompasses diverse snake species worldwide, varying significantly in size, habitat, and behavior.

Cobra bites, though feared, don't always mean death. Up to a third are 'dry bites,' where no venom is injected, often as a ...

Tim Friede has injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times, and subjected himself to more than 200 bites. Now, ...

Fossils reveal that sebecids, long-extinct land predators, survived far longer in the Caribbean than previously thought, ...

A new snakebite treatment combines an existing drug with antibodies from a hyperimmune reptile collector, raising both hopes ...

The Northern water snake can be found living and swimming along the banks of the Mississippi River. It uses its long body to ...

Bennett True set a goal last summer that others might find unthinkable: to give a live demonstration with highly venomous ...

It was a big, black snake (scroll for video). Roxy Flanagan ... "They initially hiss and spread their neck like a cobra’s ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his ...

Tim Friede, pictured here with a water cobra, exposed himself to snake venom over decades ... Such diversity in venom form ...

A new study offers the first detailed look at king cobra combat. Video evidence reveals that when these snakes joust there is ...