Friends of Snakes Society rescues 5,954 snakes in Telangana, conducting workshops to educate 40,000 individuals on snake ...

The colorful coral snake is the most venomous snake in Arizona. Here is the best way to avoid coral snakes and what to do if you are bitten.

Woodrats have also evolved resistance to snake venom, being that they are the natural prey of rattlesnakes. They can survive 500 to 1,000 times the amount that would kill a regular lab mouse.

Researchers have published the first example of a synthetic sugar detection test for snake venom, offering a new route to rapid diagnosis and better antivenoms.

The paper’s authors sought to make an antivenom that would protect against a wide range of the world’s 600-plus venomous snake species.

A man who has been injecting himself with snake venom for the past 18 years has now been used to create the most broadly effective snake antivenom to date.

This snake statue is one of eight that loomed in a Geneva Park during May's World Health Assembly — drawing attention to the new initiative to fight snakebite.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede ...

When the immune system is exposed to the toxins in snake venom, it develops antibodies that can neutralize the poison. If it's a small amount of venom the body can react before it's overwhelmed.

Immunologist Jacob Glanville came across media of a man who had injected himself hundreds of times with the venom of some of the world's deadliest snakes. It sparked new treatment research.

Snake enthusiast survived hundreds of bites. Now his blood is aiding the search for a universal antivenom Experimental cocktail protects mice against venom from 19 deadly snakes ...

The paper’s authors sought to make an antivenom that would protect against a wide range of the world’s 600-plus venomous snake species.