Learn how the spider-tailed horned viper uses predatory mimicry and a spider-shaped tail to lure birds in Iran.

A few years ago, the owner of a house in Georgia captured an epic battle between a brown widow spider and a brown snake. Black widows are widely known as one of the most dangerous on Earth, but in ...

They’re found in all sorts of places — in backyards, under a car in a driveway in Miami-Dade, crossing a housing development ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey. Pythons can eat prey over 100% of their body mass, including deer and bobcats. Just ...

And they hunt in a nightmarish way ― grabbing prey as it passes. Once secured with a bite, pythons wrap their muscular bodies ...

Over 100 videos of venomous snake strikes reveal three different types of attacks, with some biting down several times "to prolong the venom flow into their prey." ...