The 'frog' poison that killed Navalny was hard to hide and likely made in a high-end lab, according to a Belgian toxicologist.

While the northern giant hornet's sting is painful to humans, some Asian frogs fearlessly consume these venomous insects. Scientists reveal that frogs possess genetic adaptations in their nerve cells, ...

A recent study compiled over 500 incidents of cannibalism in more than 200 species of snakes, revealing that the behavior is ...

The complex biology of ghrelin, the hunger hormone, has researchers wondering how its absence helps snakes last a long time with no food, if at all.

Saharan Africa, over 300,000 people are envenomed each year, leading to over 7,000 deaths and almost twice as many ...

Born as a simple gesture with the hands, rock-paper-scissors is today a global phenomenon. The popular hand game is used ...

Contrary to popular belief, water moccasins and cottonmouth snakes are the same snakes. Both terms refer to the same species, Agkistrodon piscivorus, a venomous water snake in North America. Read on ...

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“If you look at the iguana, there’s a circle on the side of its head that’s actually a really good aiming point,” he says.

Wildlife conservationist Paul Rosolie has reflected on multiple life-threatening encounters with anacondas, including a failed attempt to be eaten on television and an earlier attack in the wild.

Snakes may well be one of nature's greatest predators, capable of eating whole deer or even crocodiles, but just as impressive is that they can go months, or even a whole year, without a single meal.

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