With just venom and precision, these snakes can defend themselves from afar, without ever needing to bite you. Here’s what ...

Why and When Do Snakes Bite? As is commonly known, snakes bite for two main reasons: to hunt and to defend. When snakes are on the offensive, they use their venom to immobilize and kill their prey.

Poison from viper infects reptile-loving man severely limiting his blood clotting ability; experts warn that keeping exotic ...

A venomous snake bit a cyclist who tried to help get it off a roadway in New Jersey. The man saw the snake and feared it would be run over by a vehicle. So, he tried to save it. "My hand was just too ...

Beheaded venomous snakes like copperheads may still bite hours after death. Snake bite cases are rising as weather warms, Triangle hospitals report. Experts advise avoiding and not handling snakes to ...

Copperhead snake bites are rarely fatal to humans, but that doesn’t mean people who have experienced an encounter with the venomous reptile should skip medical attention. This time of year is when ...

A species of snake has been noted biting and injecting venom into humans after the snake is dead. Getty Images/iStock Photo As darkness descended on a man’s chicken coops in Sivasagar, India, he ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay catch a black rat snake that bites a hand first.