The antitoxin antibodies found in the blood of a Wisconsin man—who voluntarily let snakes bite him for alm0st 20 years—is helping scientists create better antivenom drugs for snakebites. By combing ...

Snakes are one of the earth’s creatures you either love or hate. Some are fascinated with their behavior and movements, while others run in fear at the sight (or sound). Regardless of your opinion on ...

In the U.S., there are roughly thirty species of venomous snakes, most of them rattlesnakes. Most people will never have a ...

In several areas within the Indian subcontinent, snake bites continue to be a significant public health issue; indeed, they are directly connected wit.

A home security camera has captured the moment a Queensland woman reacted in disbelief after feeling the fangs of one of ...

Victorians are urged to be on the look out for deadly snakes as temperatures rise, with new data showing 3000 people are ...

From rubber tappers in Liberia to sugar cane farmers in South Africa, bites from venomous snakes are a constant worry. 1 In sub-Saharan Africa—which is home to green and black mambas, spitting cobras, ...

In India, snakebites cause more deaths than all other forms of human-wildlife conflict combined, with some 40,000 to 60,000 fatalities annually. For every death, there are another nine cases of severe ...

India ignores deadly sea snake bites despite long coasts and high fisher risk. With no data, antivenom or policy, deaths go ...