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

Scientists have used alpaca and llama antibodies to create a next-generation antivenom that protects against a whole family ...

Dr. Spencer Greene wants to make sure the standard treatment for copperhead snake bites, the most common venomous snake in greater Houston and southeast Texas, works, and if it doesn't, he wants to ...

NIXA, MO -- A Missouri man died in his sleep just hours after he was bitten by a snake and refused to seek medical attention. Snake bites are pretty rare, and it's even more rare to have a fatality.

While most snakes you'll encounter are harmless, a bite from a venomous species can turn dangerous very quickly and how you immediately treat it matters. To keep the venom from spreading, some people ...

The 2021 death of an 11-year-old boy from a brown snake bite may have been prevented if he had received medical attention ...

New broad-spectrum antivenom, made up of just eight nanobodies to counter venom from diverse sub-Saharan African snake ...

Fear of snakes is common, especially in Sri Lanka. However, most snakebites involve non-venomous species. These bites cause ...

An inquest into the death of an 11-year-old Murgon boy who died after being bitten by a brown snake has found that he may ...

Different snakes put their own spin on striking their prey. Scientists captured the powerful attacks on camera ...