Snakebites are among the deadliest neglected tropical diseases, and scientists have long been searching for more effective ...

Scientists have sunk their fangs into a panacea for snake bites. The new antivenom can counteract the bite of several deadly ...

They hunt in a nightmarish way ― grabbing prey as it passes. Once secured with a bite, pythons wrap their bodies around their prey and crush them.

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

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

New research reveals snake venom primarily evolved for hunting and digesting prey, not for defence against humans or ...