Of historic importance, this snake has long been represented in ancient Egyptian iconography, including on the crowns of pharaohs. The Egyptian cobra is also believed to be the legendary asp ...

Scientists are developing a universal anti-venom from a man's blood who has voluntarily injected himself with venom since ...

A new antivenom relies on antibodies from the blood of Tim Friede, who immunized himself against snakebites by injecting increasing doses of venom into his body.

Tim Friede has injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times, and subjected himself to more than 200 bites. Now, ...

Then, once sufficiently immune, Friede had the snake bite him directly to test his immunity. This… didn’t always go according to plan, like the time when twin bites from an Egyptian cobra and ...

Two Egyptian Cobra bites sent Tim into a coma in 2001 ... Up until that point, antivenom had only been made by injecting small doses of snake venom into animals, such as horses.

The Bronx Zoo's Egyptian cobra that escaped the zoo and was a #snakeonthetown. Media darling, social media influencer, and the most followed snake on Twitter. Be sure to follow @BronxZoosCobra to ...