The colorful coral snake is the most venomous snake in Arizona. Here is the best way to avoid coral snakes and what to do if ...

Copperheads are a very common snake species in the southeastern United States. They are responsible for nearly half of all venomous snake bites every year. Copperheads are one of the four venomous ...

What's it like to get bit by a venomous snake? "It's like a bee sting times a thousand," Tim Friede says. Tim would know. Over the past few decades, he's let himself be bitten over 200 times by ...

Scientists have made a potent antivenom using antibodies from a man who has been bitten hundreds of times by venomous snakes.The therapy protects mice against the venoms of 19 species of deadly ...

The eastern brown snake's venom is neurotoxic, also containing blood coagulants and hemotoxins, and ranks as the second-most venomous snake in the world based on its LD50 (a measure of venom potency).

A man who has been injecting himself with snake venom for the past 18 years has now been used to create the most broadly effective snake antivenom to date. News.

Researchers at The University of Warwick have published the first example of a synthetic sugar detection test for snake venom, offering a new route to rapid diagnosis and better antivenoms.

When the immune system is exposed to the toxins in snake venom, it develops antibodies that can neutralize the poison. If it's a small amount of venom the body can react before it's overwhelmed.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede ...

Scientists have used blood from an American man who injected himself with snake venom for years to create what they say is "the most broadly effective antivenom to date" — at least in mice.

A black mamba is arguably the world's deadliest snake The blood of a US man who deliberately injected himself with snake venom for nearly two decades has led to an "unparalleled" antivenom, say ...