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.

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 ...

They found that venomous snakes use dramatically different strategies to deliver their deadly bites. Vipers and elapids ...

Antivenom, also known as antivenin, is an umbrella term for purified antibodies which work against venoms or parts of venoms.

Snake venom contains many proteins that damage the body, though key toxic sites often remain similar across species.

Getting a snake bite when hiking is certainly scary and could be dangerous or even life-threatening, but the way you treat it ...

Medicine is not helpless. Snake bites can be neutralised with antivenom, but that is often not to hand in the remote parts of ...

While venomous snakes pose risks, with thousands dying annually from bites, their venom is a vital resource. This potent ...

To do this, they first immunized the camelids with venoms collected from 18 African snake species. Next, they extracted ...