Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South America’s Fer-De-Lance carries a potent hemotoxic venom. Theeastern brown snake is Australia’s deadliest due to human ...

For much of the 20th century, coal miners used to use canaries as an early warning device against harmful pollutants. Now, scientists may have found a similar use for the world's deadliest snake.

This report examines the snake widely regarded as the deadliest in South America and the biological factors behind its reputation. Its venom contains powerful toxins that disrupt blood clotting and ...

How we make antivenom has not changed much over the past century. Typically, it involves immunizing horses or sheep with venom from a single snake species and collecting the antibodies produced. While ...

A revolutionary new antidote neutralizes the venom of 19 of the world’s deadliest snakes. Researchers used antibodies from a human donor with a self-induced "hyper-immunity" to snake venom to develop ...

There are more than 40 species of snakes that are native to Florida, but only six of them are venomous. Snakes are most active in the spring and early summer months, when the weather warms up and they ...

A snake antivenom based on antibodies from a hyperimmune man seems to be effective against the bites of multiple species, raising the possibility that a universal treatment may be within reach. Snake ...

Usha Lee McFarling is a former STAT reporter. Theirs is an unusual scientific collaboration, to say the least. Jacob Glanville is an immunologist, who worked for the pharma giant Pfizer before ...

Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology and writes on topics from zoology and psychology to herpetology.View full profile Charlie has an undergraduate degree in Forensic Psychology ...

For nearly two decades, Tim Friede voluntarily injected himself with venom and endured over 200 snake bites in hopes of building immunity and helping create a universal antivenom. Now, scientists are ...