Around 110,000 people die from snakebite every year, according to the World Health Organization. Making antivenom is ...

Scientists identified antibodies that neutralized the poison in whole or in part from the bites of cobras, mambas and other ...

Blood from a snake enthusiast who's been bitten hundreds of times aided the search for a universal snakebite treatment ...

Time Tamed Why does Lord Shiva wear serpents? He wears them not as trophies of conquest, but as symbols of transcendence. The ...

Over the course of 18 years, a truck mechanic from Wisconsin injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times. His actions were considered stunts by some over those years, but his blood has just ...

One hundred children became seriously ill after eating a school lunch containing a dead snake. The reptile was discovered and ...

Health officials in India are investigating reports that hundreds of children were served food that had contained a ...

As Michigan's weather warms up in the coming days, some of its cold-blooded residents will be slithering out of their winter hibernation spots. Experts say don't be startled or fearful, most Michigan ...