What happens if you drink snake venom? Learn the shocking effects of venom on the human body.

Venomous snakes produce some of the world’s deadliest substances, so they have to be pretty careful about how they use it.

On the Oct. 8 episode of "Survivor," a contestant was bitten by a venomous snake on the beach in Fiji, prompting medical personnel to pull him from the game. A sea krait bit the right foot of Canadian ...

Coffee–especially ‘fancy’ coffee–is always a pleasure. Still, the excitement rises a notch or two when a casual cafe ...

O n the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, scientists have discovered a new species of wolf snake. This latest member of ...

"Irwin's wolf snake" can grow to more than three feet in length, report the researchers who described the new species.

Native to the rivers and freshwater creeks of eastern Australia, its venom is the lesser-known feature that sets the platypus ...