Blood from a former construction and factory worker — and self-taught herpetologist — could hold the key to a universal ...

Experts have long called for better ways to treat snakebites, which kill some 200 people a day, mainly in the developing ...

Tim Friede has survived hundreds of snakebites — on purpose. For nearly two decades, he let some of the world’s most ...

One man’s habit of injecting himself with the venom of the world’s deadliest snakes has led to the creation of a new ...

Despite being deadly predators, rattlesnakes avoid skunks because of the skunk’s powerful defenses, biological tricks, and ...

Snakes are ending hibernation to mate and bask under the summer sun. Michigan has one venomous snake. Here's how to identify it.

King Cobra and White-Tailed Mongoose are deadly species. The article compares their size, speed, venom, and bite. White-Tailed Mongoose is smaller but ...

Increasing access to anti-snake-venom is not enough to protect people, experts say. What is needed is an ecological approach.

Officer trainees learned to safely capture, tube and study timber rattlers in Clearfield County, overcoming nerves while contributing to wildlife research.

Daltonganj: Green pit viper has been sighted in the jungles of the Bareysarn range of the south division of the Palamu Tiger ...

Maybe he’s mastered parseltongue too?Tim Friede, an ex-truck mechanic from California, has single-handedly altered the course of antivenom production ...