A groundbreaking nanobody-based antivenom offers new hope against deadly snakebites. Developed by Danish scientists, this ...

While reptiles are usually anticipated to be of dark shades like brown, black, and greys, to our surprise, there are some of ...

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

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 ...

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

Scientists have used alpaca and llama antibodies to create a next-generation antivenom that protects against a whole family ...

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

Scientists found a single antivenom effective against 17 venomous African snake species. Until now, antivenoms have been far ...

From the deserts of Africa to the forests of Asia, meet the seven deadliest snakes that dominate each continent—except ...

To do this, they first immunized the camelids with venoms collected from 18 African snake species. Next, they extracted ...

Snakebite envenoming is among the world's deadliest yet most overlooked tropical disease. The WHO has classified snakebite ...

Not just snake oil. Scientists may have developed a snake bite antivenom that can be used for 17 different species of snakes, according to a study published in the journal Nature.