Snakebites are among the deadliest neglected tropical diseases, and scientists have long been searching for more effective ...

Scientists have sunk their fangs into a panacea for snake bites. The new antivenom can counteract the bite of several deadly species of snake with fewer side effects and easier storage. If made ...

A groundbreaking nanobody-based antivenom offers new hope against deadly snakebites. Developed by Danish scientists, this ...

Medicine is not helpless. Snake bites can be neutralised with antivenom, but that is often not to hand in the remote parts of ...

They found that venomous snakes use dramatically different strategies to deliver their deadly bites. Vipers and elapids ...

When a venomous snake bit a contestant on this season of "Survivor," fans held their breath while the show's medical team ...

In a first, scientists recorded high-speed footage from dozens of venomous snakes as they went in for the kill.

Vipers launched from coils with smooth, explosive acceleration. If the first stab wasn’t perfect, they “walked” a fang out ...

That’s because in a race of reflexes, the snake usually wins. For a mouse or human, it takes less than half a second to ...

Snakebite envenoming is among the world's deadliest yet most overlooked tropical diseases. The WHO has classified snakebite envenoming as one of 21 neglected tropical diseases, resulting in between ...

A species of snake has been noted biting and injecting venom into humans after the snake is dead. Getty Images/iStock Photo As darkness descended on a man’s chicken coops in Sivasagar, India, he ...

A pair of reptile wranglers in Australia came to the rescue of a yellow-tailed whip snake that found its way into a ...