As many as 137,000 people die from snakebites every year. Venom from snakes can cause internal bleeding, attack the nervous system, and even stop the heart. Making anti-venom is an expensive ...

For nearly two decades, an American mechanic turned self-taught snake expert has done something that sounds suicidal at first ...

Although snake venom generally has a pretty nasty effect on people, it's also used in the production of life-saving antivenoms, along with various other medications. It could soon be much easier to ...

Snake milking is not a sin as it would sound. It is the sensitive art of harvesting snake venoms out of the vile snakes. This is an essential procedure of making lifesaving antivenoms. Snake milking ...

This highly venomous snake could hold a key to fighting the virus that causes COVID-19. At least that's the hope of these researchers in Brazil, who say they found that a molecule in the venom of the ...

Researchers from the group of Hans Clevers at the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW), in an international collaboration, have developed a method to grow snake venom gland cells as organoids. These lab-grown ...

Researchers from the group of Hans Clevers at the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW), in an international collaboration, have developed a method to grow snake venom gland cells as organoids. These lab-grown ...

A new study provides the first comprehensive explanation of how snake venom regulatory systems evolved -- an important example that illuminates the evolution of new complex traits. A new study from ...