Scientists have sunk their fangs into a panacea for snake bites. The new antivenom can counteract the bite of several deadly ...

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

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

S nake bites happen in the blink of an eye. Some can strike fleet-footed rodent prey in a flash of scales and fangs that ...

It's well known that deadly snakes strike very swiftly, and it is easy to infer that if you’re unlucky enough to be bitten, the moment of contact will be as simple as it is sudden: a lightning-quick ...

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

Snake venom contains many proteins that damage the body, though key toxic sites often remain similar across species.

Advanced video techniques reveal exactly how snake bites work and show various snake species have evolved very different ...

In Papua New Guinea, snakebites kill 2,000 people yearly. It’s a race against time, sometimes minutes, as Dr Kevin Pondikou rushes to deliver rare and costly antivenom to victims.

From the deserts of Africa to the forests of Asia, meet the seven deadliest snakes that dominate each continent—except ...

Investigate the most dangerous snake bites and their consequences.

I try to nurture a sense of awe in the face of Australia’s alien (to me) natural world. But I miss the wet ferns in the Kerry ...