Not just snake oil. Scientists may have developed a snake bite antivenom that can be used for 17 different species of snakes, according to a study published in the journal Nature.

Snakebites are among the deadliest neglected tropical diseases, and scientists have long been searching for more effective ...

Medicine is not helpless. Snake bites can be neutralised with antivenom, but that is often not to hand in the remote parts of ...

Fear of snakes is common, especially in Sri Lanka. However, most snakebites involve non-venomous species. These bites cause ...

Gunter Glasser has been catching snakes for almost 30 years across Southern Queensland, but October has been an especially ...

A North Carolina family said their 4-year-old was bitten by a venomous snake on the playground of a day care, but staff failed to call emergency services and reached out to a guardian instead. The boy ...

Different snakes put their own spin on striking their prey. Scientists captured the powerful attacks on camera ...

Every year, venomous snakes kill more people worldwide than sharks, lions, and wolves combined—yet most of us barely give ...