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 ...

A self-proclaimed snake and venom expert has endured hundreds of snake bites so you don’t have to. Californian herpetologist Tim Friede has spent the last two decades deliberately injecting himself ...

TL;DR: Tim Friede's self-immunization against venomous snakes led to the discovery of potent antibodies enabling a new universal antivenom effective against 13 snake species. This breakthrough aims to ...

SAN DIEGO, CA (IANS) – A team of scientists at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and Scripps Research Institute, here have developed a synthetic human antibody that can neutralize a potent ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Scientists created an "unparalleled" antivenom by using the blood of a man who was bitten by over 200 snakes and injected over 700 doses of venom into his body. For 18 years Tim ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state is preparing to set up a venom collection unit at the Puthur Zoological Park Wildlife Conservation & Research Centre in Thrissur to develop region-specific anti-venom as ...

Jeff Leibowitz is an advocate of free-handling, in which people control venomous snakes using their bare hands “See how she’s trying to get me,” Jeff Leibowitz says as he holds a thin grey snake ...

“Guys, watch my back, please,” Dr. Rodrigo Souza calls out. “I’m breaking the golden rule never to get cornered.” Souza, 57, can tell the 12-foot bushmaster’s mood just by looking at it. “The tongue ...

POWELL COUNTY, Ky. (LEX18) — Two Powell County paramedics are in hot water after they say they saved a man's life using anti-venom after he was bitten by a highly venomous snake back in May. Now the ...