Most frogs defend themselves with toxins that sit passively in their skin, but only two species are known to go a step ...

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 ...

Learn how adult pond frogs survive repeated stings from the world’s largest hornets while swallow the venomous insects whole ...

So Dilophosaurus is no longer believed to have been venomous; but what about other dinosaurs?  In 2009, a small, feathered ...

Venom is one of the animal kingdom's oldest and most effective weapons, providing creatures with an effective means of attack or defense. Spider venom, for example, is thought to have evolved from a ...

However, some animals have no fear of a hornet’s stinger. What’s more, certain birds and spiders willingly seek the insects ...

Experiments reveal that pond frogs can eat highly venomous hornets without suffering noticeable damage, even after repeated ...

Better hope you don’t get bit by any of these venomous snakes. Top row: Robert Hamilton/Alamy; Wiki Commons; Sam Yue/Alamy. Middle row: Scott Travers; Design Pics Inc/Alamy; Dimitry Orlov/Alamy.