Snakes that constrict and then swallow enormous prey have evolved a way to keep themselves from suffocating while they do it. When the scaley coils closest to the snake's head are super busy squeezing ...

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

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

Dozens of species of snakes have been captured on high-speed cameras, with researchers finding vipers were the fastest, but an Australian snake was not far behind.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

How do boa constrictors breathe while constricting their victims? A new study finds that snakes can switch which set of ribs they use to draw in... This trick keeps snakes from suffocating as they ...