Within the 17 snake species found in New York, three are venomous. Here's what to know, and how likely you are to see them in the Southern Tier.

Although a superpower, the U.S. is under constant invasion — we’re not talking humans here but meek-looking plants and ...

The timber rattlesnake is critically endangered, both regionally and nationally, after humans hunted them for decades and due to habitat loss. The snakes are incredibly rare in New Hampshire, likely ...

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

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 ...

They may also have limited effectiveness due to differences in venom composition in snakes from different regions, or at different stages of the snake's life. Broad-spectrum or "polyvalent ...

Tim Friede describes himself as an “autodidact herpetologist and venom expert”. He deliberately immunised himself with increasing doses of a number of snake venoms over an 18-year period ...

A “hyper immune” man has injected himself with the venom from 16 different species of snake to help create an anti-venom “cocktail” that treats multiple different kinds of snake bites.

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 ...

Up until that point, antivenom had only been made by injecting small doses of snake venom into animals, such as horses. As the animal then produces antibodies to fight the poison, researchers ...

Tom Friede slowly increased the amount of venom he was exposed to over a 18-year period to try to build up tolerance. Credit: AP A man in Wisconsin has helped create a groundbreaking snake ...