A viper can bite its target faster than you can blink. It’s so fast that for decades, biologists have struggled to investigate it in detail. Now, with a battery of high-speed cameras and a cast of 36 ...

A recent study found that copperheads often strike in under 0.1 seconds, and their fangs can break when they bite.

All venomous snake strikes look alike, but different species have evolved distinct fangs, speeds, and techniques. Watch how ...

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 ...

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