One headline called him “South Africa’s Steve Irwin,” and if you head over to Facebook and search Dingo Dinkelman it is not hard to understand why. One of the first videos shows him down in the grass ...

New broad-spectrum antivenom, made up of just eight nanobodies to counter venom from diverse sub-Saharan African snake species, shows success in mice.

King cobras are the heavyweight champions of the snake world. These are the largest and longest of any other venomous snake on Earth. This is what makes the king cobra so infamous among snake species, ...

Snake venom contains many proteins that damage the body, though key toxic sites often remain similar across species.

A breakthrough study at The University of Queensland has discovered a hidden dangerous feature in the Black Mamba one of the most venomous snakes in the world. Professor Bryan Fry from UQ’s School of ...

The bite from the Jameson's mamba snake sent Jim Harrison of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo to the ICU Kentucky Reptile Zoo co-director Jim Harrison was working on an anti-venom project with two Jameson's ...

Over 5 million people are bitten by snakes every year, according to the World Health Organization. Many effective antivenoms ...