A wave of fresh science is challenging a century-old treatment and offering hope to the people snakebites harm most—often far ...

This 10-year-old is selling her family's cows to help raise funds for those who rescued her when she suffered a potentially ...

Tim Friede was feeling particularly down on the day after the Sept.11 attacks, so he went to his basement and let two of the world's deadliest snakes bite him. Four days later, he woke up from a coma.

Tim regularly exposed himself to poison so deadly it would kill a horse (Picture: AP) A scientist injected himself with poisonous venom over 850 times to create an ‘unparalleled’ anti-venom in his ...

Australian researchers discovered that current eastern brown snake antivenoms may not work the same for all bites.

Tim Friede was feeling particularly down on the day after the Sept. 11 attacks, so he went to his basement and let two of the world’s deadliest snakes bite him. Four days later, he woke up from a coma ...

Why and When Do Snakes Bite? As is commonly known, snakes bite for two main reasons: to hunt and to defend. When snakes are on the offensive, they use their venom to immobilize and kill their prey.

As a new app is launched to provide first-aid advice for venomous bites and stings, a reptile expert urges people to learn ...

The girl was on a scooter in her local park in Brabham, in Perth ’s northeast, when the reptile struck about 6.30pm on ...