Woodrats weigh less than half a pound but can survive venomous rattlesnake bites that would hospitalize, or even kill, a full ...

Unlike most animals’ weapons — like claws, horns or teeth — snake venom is in a perpetual race with the defenses of their prey. Snakes upgrade their venom; rodents and amphibians upgrade their ...

Study: Tandem duplication of SERPIN genes yields functional variation and snake venom inhibitors (DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaf290)Woodrats weigh less than ...

Not wishing to dishonour the Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution Evo’s core values, I get just out of sight of the support crew, ...

A raised hood may look familiar, but science reveals King cobras and common cobras differ sharply in venom, behaviour, and ...

Japanese frogs survive deadly hornet stings that reach lethal doses for mice, consuming Asian hornets despite repeated ...

A tiny 242-million-year-old fossil from Devon is shaking up scientists’ assumptions about the earliest members of the lizard lineage. Instead of the expected skull hinges and palate teeth typical of ...

Although the word “spider” may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many readers, the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not as icky as one might suppose. Arachnids provide essential services for ...

Kobe University professor Shinji Sugiura discovered that black-spotted pond frogs are unfazed even after being stung by the ...

Another area of science that our researchers have redefined is the field of venom. Dr. Ronald Jenner and colleagues broadened previous definitions of venom to include toxins injected not only into ...

A strange, new species of ribbon worm, Pararosa vigarae, stretches its body like an accordion, capable of shrinking to ...

Saidos Salehin Khaled Sumon, widely known in Bangladesh’s band music scene as “Bassbaba Sumon”, has looked back on his ...