Many animal species stuff themselves with toxic chemicals for protection, which forces them to use a handful of distinct strategies to avoid becoming victims of their own weapons.

The Snake Detection Hypothesis proposes that the ability to quickly spot and avoid snakes is deeply embedded in primates, including us - an evolutionary consequence of the danger snakes have posed to us over millions of years.

This video contains images and video of snakes and spiders. It's possible Euchambersia possessed venom about 20 million years before the first lizards and over 150 million years before the first snakes evolved. We’ve teamed up Sarah...

If you're bitten by a snake, you might need a horse to save your life. Researchers are searching for better antivenoms to treat illnesses like snake bite, and they're turning to monoclonal antibodies, made in a lab, to replace the...

Venomous snakes produce some of the world’s deadliest substances, so they have to be pretty careful about how they use it. But what happens if they accidentally inject themselves with their own harmful cocktail?

Would you rather be bitten by a venomous rattlesnake or touch a poisonous dart frog? While both of these animals are capable of doing some serious damage to the human body, they deliver their dangerous toxins in different ways. Rose...

There are a lot of ways to kill and be killed in the animal kingdom, but only a lucky few use the powers of venom. Not all are closely related, so how did they acquire the same defenses, where did venom come from, and how does it work?...

In this episode Hank talks about global medical history and recorded death certificates with journalist Jeremy Smith. Special guest from Animal Wonders and SciShow Kids Jessi Knudsen Castañeda brings Freya the Northern Pine Snake.

Venom comes in all different types, so here's everything you'll ever need to know.

Venomous snakes produce some of the world’s deadliest substances, so they have to be pretty careful about how they use it. But what happens if they accidentally inject themselves with their own harmful cocktail?

As of 2021, there are 368 species of viper worldwide. The name comes from the term viviparity, which means giving birth to live young. Vipers are often highly venomous, with two hollow, extra long fangs that unfold into imposing weapons...

Octopuses have tons of strange and amazing adaptations that help them live their best lives underwater. And those incredible traits could help us in many ways.

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In this SciShow dose, Michael Aranda explains mystery behind trypophobia.

In this heart-pounding episode of Brave Wilderness, Coyote Peterson travels deep into Phetchaburi, Thailand, where a lawn has become a living minefield of venomous blue tarantula burrows. Before he even attempts to handle one of these...

Plenty of frogs can be poisonous, but Greening’s frog and Bruno’s casque-headed frog use bony spines on their snouts to break the skin of would-be predators and introduce toxins into their attacker’s bloodstream. This makes them the...

Caecilians are legless amphibians. Some of them are immune to cobra venom and in a certain sense, some of them eat their mothers from the inside-out and some eat them from the outside-in.

Not everything in Australia wants to kill you. Australia is home to 25 species of dangerously venomous snakes, but, as frightening as their venom may be, plenty of those snakes have a much softer side than their reputation lets on. In...

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The platypus, a unique and fascinating mammal found in Australia, is a monotreme that lays eggs and produces milk to feed its young. With a...

Howcast - Learn if tarantulas are poisonous from Jungle Bob in this Howcast video.

Howcast - Anaconda may look similar to Seven-Card Stud, but don't be fooled—the passing of cards between players makes for serpentine strategy and venomous backbiting. Be careful, or you'll wind up slithering home without your wallet.

Learn all about different kinds of venomous pit vipers, including the Mexican lance-head rattlesnake, the Bushmaster, the Sri Lankan pit viper, and the Eastern diamondback rattlesnake - if you dare.

But when it comes to gopher tortoises, indigo snakes can make great roommates.

But when it comes to gopher tortoises, indigo snakes can make great roommates.

Watch as Mark goes face-to-face with the shocking sting of Japan’s infamous Denki Mushi caterpillar! Where will this jolt-inducing larva land on the Brave Wilderness Bite-Sting Index? Will it rival the agony of the Cow Killer, the Fire...