For a recent paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers investigated the odd physics of a ...

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 ...

Over 100 videos of venomous snake strikes reveal three different types of attacks, with some biting down several times "to prolong the venom flow into their prey." ...

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