T'puram: In a bid to boost the production of anti-venom suitable for snakes in the state, the forest department will soon ...

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A captive snake in Australia has broken the world record for the most venom produced in one go, according to the creature's keepers. With a single bite, the snake — a coastal taipan (Oxyuranus ...

Thanks to the efforts of a "hyperimmune" man who injected himself with snake venom a staggering 856 times over nearly two decades, U.S. scientists have been able to develop an "antivenom cocktail" ...

The venom of one of the world's deadliest snakes is even stronger in dry weather, reveals new research. Russell's viper kills and maims more people than any other snake species, say scientists. Now ...

Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede has long had a ...

A man who was bitten by a poisonous snake surprised doctors when the venom took 15 hours to start showing its effects. The South Australian man, named Neville Joppich, was bitten on the ankle by what ...