Around 100,000 people die each year from snake bites, but this new broad-spectrum antivenom protects against 17 deadly ...

Made up of five smaller townships, Snake Park is home to about 5,000 properties built under South Africa's Reconstruction and ...

Vibrant green snakes, masters of camouflage, inhabit diverse global ecosystems from rainforests to savannas. These ...

Snakebites are among the deadliest neglected tropical diseases, and scientists have long been searching for more effective ...

Scientists have sunk their fangs into a panacea for snake bites. The new antivenom can counteract the bite of several deadly ...

Scientists used antibodies from alpacas and llamas to create the antidote that protects against venomous African snakes, ...

Every year, about 7,000 people die and 10,000 require amputations annually in sub-Saharan Africa. A new, broad-spectrum ...

It's well known that deadly snakes strike very swiftly, and it is easy to infer that if you’re unlucky enough to be bitten, the moment of contact will be as simple as it is sudden: a lightning-quick ...

The new study challenges that idea head-on. A team led by Professor Andreas Hougaard Laustsen-Kiel from DTU Bioengineering ...

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

Snakebite envenoming is among the world's deadliest yet most overlooked tropical diseases. The WHO has classified snakebite envenoming as one of 21 neglected tropical diseases, resulting in between ...

Snake bites happen in the blink of an eye. Some can strike fleet-footed rodent prey in a flash of scales and fangs that lasts a mere 60 milliseconds. An action so quick, though potentially deadly, is ...