Dr Surajit Giri faced a moment that would shape the rest of his career. A woman bitten by a snake was rushed into emergency ...

The Nihon “mamushi,” or Japanese pit viper, is a fairly small snake ... tiger keelback. Researchers there study the ecology of snakes and collect their venom to produce serums for snakebites.

A man who injected himself with snake venom helped create an antivenom that can protect mice from venomous snakes.

Jim Harrison, co-director of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo, said he was bitten by a 'highly venomous' Jameson's mamba snake while ...

The man was found to have undertaken "escalating doses" from 16 snake species so lethal they "would normally a kill a horse." ...

There are 21 snake species that are native to Pennsylvania, and three of them are venomous. The copperhead reaches an average ...

US-based and self-described snake expert Tim Friede first started collecting deadly snake species in 2000, and then began self-administering their venom in diluted and escalating doses in hopes to ...

Glanville's diamond was Tim Friede, a self-taught snake expert based in California who exposed himself to the venom of snakes over the course of nearly 18 years, effectively gaining immunity to ...

Firstly, the team discovered a donor who had previously been exposed to various snake neurotoxins through immunizations. Researchers found that by this donor exposing himself to the venom of 16 ...