A man who was bitten by a poisonous snake surprised doctors when the venom took 15 hours to start showing its effects. The ...

The World Health Organization says snakes bite about 5 million people annually, causing 81,000 to 138,000 deaths. Should you fight back? Does sucking the venom out really work? And where are these ...

A school in Australia had an unwelcome visit from an eastern brown snake, which are responsible for more deaths in the ...

Dutch biologist Mátyás Bittenbinder developed new, non-animal methods to investigate tissue-damaging snake venom. In this way ...

The snakes is just 22 inches long, which is considered small, with “short” heads, “large” nostrils, many teeth, and a ...

Snakes are one of the earth’s creatures you either love or hate. Some are fascinated with their behavior and movements, while ...

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With renewed fear gripping the village, the Forest Department officials called in a team of four snake charmers from Meerut ...

These colorful snakes are found all over the world and are highly venomous, so the best strategy is to avoid them.

Three villagers in Uttar Pradesh’s Sadarpur have died from snake bites, sparking panic. Authorities called in snake charmers ...

After catching a few of the copper-colored snakes with dozens of teeth, scientists analyzed their DNA. They found that ...

While close to 110 varieties of snakes are found in Kerala, only a handful of them are venomous. The ‘big four’ -- spectacled ...