A copperhead snake, the most common venomous snake in North Carolina. A new antidote could counteract the venom from copperheads and many other kinds of snake. A broad-acting antidote against snake ...

One of my roommates is a corn snake named Buddy. He’s not venomous. But he’s a very private individual and really likes his space. Buddy and I talked about your question with my friend Blair Perry. He ...

When Ray Grasshoff saw his 3-year-old beagle, Jack, tossing a brightly striped snake violently in his mouth on June 9, then rubbing his snout, he remembered a rhyme from his childhood days working ...

Shortly after the Memorial Day floods in Houston, Brad Stodden saw a small tail emerging from below some debris in a drainage ditch by his Woodlands apartment. Thinking it was a lizard, he grabbed the ...

A research team in the United States is conducting research to develop a universal antidote for the venom of deadly snakes such as cobras using the blood of a man who has been bitten by snakes 200 ...

Snake bites globally are a significant health issue. It is estimated by the World Health Organization that there are some 421,000 venomous snake bites each year, resulting in some 20,000 human deaths.

Scientists have developed a revolutionary new antidote that works against the venom of some of the world’s deadliest snakes. The antivenom was made using antibodies from a human donor who had ...

An amateur scientist has deliberately endured more than 160 self-inflicted snake bites in a bid to become immune to venom. Tim Friede is obsessed by finding a human antidote to poisonous snake bites, ...