In a remote corner of India, the Irula tribe has preserved an extraordinary tradition. From a young age, children learn the dangerous yet crucial skill of extracting venom from some of the world’s ...

As many as 137,000 people die from snakebites every year. Venom from snakes can cause internal bleeding, attack the nervous system, and even stop the heart. Making anti-venom is an expensive ...

Getting bit by a eastern diamondback rattlesnake can be a potentially fatal encounter. Read here about a man who survived.

In deserts, jungles and swamps around the world, snakes are waging a biochemical war against their prey. When a snake displays its fangs, it’s showing off one of evolution’s greatest weapons. This is ...

With around 58,000 human deaths from snakebites each year in the country, a lot more must be done to save lives Kamala Thiagarajan, Undark An Indian cobra found in the farmlands of Kanchipuram, India.

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 ...

Your venomous serpent bites you, and the clock is ticking. America’s zookeepers—and a cooler full of rare antivenom—are your best chance of survival.

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