Coral snakes are venomous elapids known all around the world for how dangerous they can be. They are one of the only snakes known to have their own personal and worldwide-known rhyme. Although they ...

Scientists have developed a potentially universal antivenom using antibodies from a hyper-immune human donor, offering broad ...

The Inland Taipan and sea snakes, both possessing deadly venom, differ significantly in habitat, behavior, and threat to ...

Jacob Glanville, the CEO of a biotech company called Centivax, had a mission: to develop a universal antivenom against ...

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

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

Tim Friede, a former truck mechanic, intentionally subjected himself to numerous snakebites over two decades, aiming to ...

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

Immunologist Jacob Glanville came across media of a man who had injected himself hundreds of times with the venom of some of ...

Tim Friede's extraordinary journey of enduring over 200 snakebites and injecting himself with venom may lead to a ...

A scientific team has created a serum that neutralizes the venom of 19 of the most lethal species, such as the black mamba or ...

This antidote was tested against the venoms of 19 species of snakes classified by the World Health Organization as the most deadly, including cobras and elapids. The results were promising ...