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 ...

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

They hunt in a nightmarish way ― grabbing prey as it passes. Once secured with a bite, pythons wrap their bodies around their ...

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 ...

Scientists filmed 36 snake species to study their strike speed. They found vipers, elapids, and colubrids each use unique ...