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 ...

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) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Snakes deliver their venom in one of two ways: through ...

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 ...

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 ...