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

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

In a first, scientists recorded high-speed footage from dozens of venomous snakes as they went in for the kill.

Usually one of the first things people think about when they encounter a snake is running away from it. Not far behind would be what would happen if the snake bit them and how venomous is the bite?

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

Speaking to the BBC, co-author of the study Alistair Evans detailed how a gel was warmed to simulate prey and "entice" the ...

A young Australian boy bit by a snake died after his father said to "sleep it off," according to legal findings released in ...

Advanced video techniques reveal exactly how snake bites work and show various snake species have evolved very different ...