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

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

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 register a threat and react. But venomous snakes are capable of launching ...