Snakes, for some, are the stuff of nightmares. For others, they’re beloved pets or fascinating research subjects. They’re ...

But snake fangs have grooves along their sides or full hollows within the teeth that help them inject venom into prey, said Alessandro Palci, a research associate in the College of Science and ...

If you are bitten by a death adder (or one of many other dangerous snakes) in Australia, you will likely be given some ...

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After examining fangs from 21 snake species and teeth in two lizard species they found a common feature. Inside, the dentine tissue near the base of the tooth or fang was folded into a series of ...

Wrinkles at the base of snakes' fangs that originally existed to hold their teeth in place evolved to spurt venom to kill their prey, scientists in Adelaide, South Australia, report.

Stiletto snake fangs, on the other hand, snap out of their mouths horizontally. Yet all those frontal fangs grew from tissue at the back of the mouth in an early snake ancestor.

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Ever wondered how deadly snakes evolved their fangs? The answer lies in particular microscopic features of their teeth, research led by Flinders University and the South Australian Museum suggests.

Snakes and other creatures have been menacing the world with venomous fangs since the early days of the dinosaurs, but until now nobody quite knew how they got their most fearsome weapon.

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 ...

The flying reptile lived approximately 166 million years ago and had inch-long teeth that locked together, similar to a cage, Dr. O'Sullivan added.