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

POWELL COUNTY, Ky. ( WKYT /Gray News) - A reptile zoo owner in Kentucky is recovering after being bitten on his hand by a ...

Scientists have made a potent antivenom using antibodies from a man who has been bitten hundreds of times by venomous snakes. The therapy protects mice against the venoms of 19 species of deadly snake ...

Consider the painful and potentially lethal consequences of falling into a pool filled with highly venomous snakes.

Current therapies have to be for the exact species of snake that inflicted the venom, and even within a single species, there can be varying levels of potency in the venom.To overcome this ...

The effects of snake venom can be devastating, leading to various complications and sometimes permanent disabilities.

Snakes are a significant part of nature, but many people choose to stay away from them– and for good reason. While some ...

The antitoxin antibodies found in the blood of a Wisconsin man—who voluntarily let snakes bite him for alm0st 20 years—is ...

Over the din of rattlesnakes, Woody Hansen coaxes a curious onlooker to approach a coiled copperhead in a glass display.

IN the 1660s, the Italian natural philosopher Francesco Redi started to investigate vipers at the urging of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. In his final work, Redi criticised previous writers on the topic, ...

This follows an incident in which a Mozambique spitting cobra was attacked by a dog in Westville. The dog was defending its ...

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