When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Biologists have sunk their teeth into the question of snake fang development, revealing how these ...

New research could settle a long-standing controversy over the evolution of deadly snake fangs. In today's issue of the journal Nature an international team of scientists argue that different types of ...

Most venomous snakes, including grass snakes, have fangs positioned in the rear of the mouth, while a few groups, including rattlesnakes, cobras and vipers, have fangs jutting down from their upper ...

Silke GC Cleuren receives funding from the Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS) and the Monash International Tuition Scholarship for her doctoral studies. The research was also funded by the Holsworth ...

Fossilized teeth from an ancient reptile are revealing the way the venom injection system in modern snakes first evolved. The research, reported in the journal Naturwissenschaften 1, focused on ...

Different snake species have independently evolved fangs that allow them to inject venom into other animals, either to attack prey or for defence. Now we know how: they turned small wrinkles inside ...

A death adder at an Australian wildlife park found to have three fangs that all produce deadly neurotoxic venom. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

image: Types of venom fangs in snakes: rear fangs (crab-eating water snake), fixed front fangs (taipan), and hinged front fangs (Gaboon viper); fangs highlighted in red (image credit A. Palci) ...

Alessandro Palci is affiliated with Flinders University and the South Australian Museum, and receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Aaron LeBlanc currently receives funding from the ...