The dreaded Matabuey, a snake so fearsome its name means "ox killer," has a deadly bite that immobilizes its prey in minutes, making it the kind of creature generally to be avoided. But far from steering clear of the legless ...
Biotechnology
Apr 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As spring arrives, Floridians become more active outdoors -- and so do snakes.
Ecology
Feb 16, 2010
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While studying a way to more safely and effectively collect snake venom, University of Florida researchers have noticed the venom delivered by an isolated population of Florida cottonmouth snakes may be changing in response ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 16, 2009
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In a deadly game of heads or tails venomous sea snakes in the Pacific and Indian Oceans deceive their predators into believing they have two heads, claims research published today in Marine Ecology.
Ecology
Aug 6, 2009
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Axel Barlow's paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B on saw-scaled vipers shows that snakes which have evolved to feed on scorpions have also evolved venom which is more lethal to scorpions, demonstrating that changes ...
Evolution
Apr 8, 2009
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