A New South Wales, Australia, man called for help from professionals when a venomous tiger snake slithered across his foot while he was a passenger in his car.

It's well known that deadly snakes strike very swiftly, and it is easy to infer that if you’re unlucky enough to be bitten, the moment of contact will be as simple as it is sudden: a lightning-quick ...

Every year, venomous snakes kill more people worldwide than sharks, lions, and wolves combined—yet most of us barely give ...

A passenger in a car has had the fright of his life, after a tiger snake slithered across his feet during a drive on the NSW ...

Not just snake oil. Scientists may have developed a snake bite antivenom that can be used for 17 different species of snakes, according to a study published in the journal Nature.

Scientists have uncovered a startling split in the venom of Australia’s Eastern Brown Snake. In the south, bites cause rock-solid blood clots, while in the north, they trigger flimsy clots that ...

That’s because in a race of reflexes, the snake usually wins. For a mouse or human, it takes less than half a second to ...

Scientists found a single antivenom effective against 17 venomous African snake species. Until now, antivenoms have been far ...