We often hear people talking about venomous and poisonous animals, so you’d easily be forgiven for thinking that they mean the same thing. However, the truth is that they actually mean completely ...

Just as slow and steady won the race between the tortoise and the hare, slow and deadly can also outwit the unwary. Many are ...

Most shark bites in Florida are not deadly. However, there was an unfortunate 2010 attack where a 38-year-old Stuart man who was kitesurfing suffered multiple shark bites and died from his injuries.

When it comes to dangerous animals, humans' minds jump to all sorts of animals like sharks, lions or wolves. They are ...

Nature is beautiful, but don’t let that fool you. Poison isn’t just for snakes; some creatures use it in ways so brutal, you’ll wonder why horror movies haven’t copied them yet. In this wild ride ...

When the sun goes down, some of the world’s most dangerous animals become active. From stealthy predators to silent hunters, ...

The Garden State is home to abundance of wildlife from creepy crawlers to coastal species, woodland creatures, a wide variety of plants and more. While some are harmless, there are a few species that ...

Animal venoms have an important biological function -- Study of animal venoms: toxicology: is an important science -- Experimental pitfalls -- LD50 is a common measure of the "killing power" of a ...

The blue-ringed octopus may be tiny, but its venom is deadly. A video of a man holding this world's venomous animal goes ...

There's a weed that's poisonous to both humans and animals that experts are saying to avoid this summer.It's called poison hemlock and according to researchers, it's one of the deadliest plants in ...

Venomous animals deliver toxins by wounding another animal while poisonous animals deliver toxins passively, as another creature touches or ingests it. New Jersey is home to 22 types of snakes, two of ...