Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) is found across the Indian subcontinent and is responsible for over 40% of snake bite-related deaths in India each year. Its venom is extremely variable, and snake ...

Snakes and scorpions are two of the most feared venomous animals across the world. While they belong to entirely different biological classes, both have evolved complex venom systems capable of ...

Every year, 5.4 million people are bitten by snakes. While not all of these snakes are venomous, nearly half are. Of the 2.7 million people poisoned by venomous snake bites each year, between 81,000 ...

Understanding the distinct dangers posed by Cobras, Kraits, and Vipers is crucial for wildlife awareness and snakebite ...

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, ...

Researchers have developed a promising new antivenom effective against more than a dozen venemous snake species, according to trials in mice. Holger Krisp, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons An ...

Australia’s major skink (Bellatorias frerei) has evolved to combat snake venom with the same mutation found in honey badgers, according to a new study. Scott Eiper Australian skinks have evolved ...

Venomous snakebite is "the biggest public health crisis you've never heard of," said former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan as he was working to get the issue onto the global health agenda in 2015.

A man who was bitten by a poisonous snake surprised doctors when the venom took 15 hours to start showing its effects. The South Australian man, named Neville Joppich, was bitten on the ankle by what ...

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ATLANTA — Immunologist Jacob Glanville came across media reports in 2017 of a man who had injected himself hundreds of times with the venom of some of the world's deadliest snakes, including cobras, ...