Antivenom, also known as antivenin, is an umbrella term for purified antibodies which work against venoms or parts of venoms.

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

All venomous snake strikes look alike, but different species have evolved distinct fangs, speeds, and techniques. Watch how ...

S nake bites happen in the blink of an eye. Some can strike fleet-footed rodent prey in a flash of scales and fangs that ...

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

A recent study found that copperheads often strike in under 0.1 seconds, and their fangs can break when they bite.

Every year, venomous snakes kill more people worldwide than sharks, lions, and wolves combined—yet most of us barely give ...

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.

Scientists filmed 36 snake species to study their strike speed. They found vipers, elapids, and colubrids each use unique ...

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

A contestant was bitten by a venomous snake on the beach in Fiji, prompting medical personnel to pull him from the game during the Oct. 8 episode.