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

If you ever get bitten by a snake, don’t believe what you see in the movies. Tying a tourniquet, slicing your arm, or trying ...

Colubrid snakes, such as the mangrove snake ( Boiga dendrophila ), which have fangs farther back in their mouths, lunged ...

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

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

Snakes often get a bad rap. While they're often misunderstood as aggressive, many experts will tell you they are not naturally hostile and don't seek to chase or attack. Instead, they are defensive ...

Emergency departments report increased snake bite cases across the Triangle. Snake bites become more common as weather warms in spring and summer months. Prevent against snake bites by wearing ...

A 15-year-old boy from Graafwater was bitten by a puff adder on 18 October 2025 and was rushed to Clanwilliam Hospital in the Western Cape for treatment.

NIXA, MO -- A Missouri man died in his sleep just hours after he was bitten by a snake and refused to seek medical attention. Snake bites are pretty rare, and it's even more rare to have a fatality.

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