He feeds spitting cobras, handles puff udders, and helps black mambas reproduce. He also cleans a cage that hosts two 20-inch pythons. His biggest interest is in the ones with the sting of death; the ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Getting bit by a eastern diamondback rattlesnake can be a potentially fatal encounter. Read here about a man who survived.

A young woman in China has taken an unconventional path, turning a risky family trade into a profitable business that few ...

Venom extraction from a rattlesnake. The snake is gently induced to bite a parafilm-covered collection cup, after which it is safely released at its original capture site. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

In deserts, jungles and swamps around the world, snakes are waging a biochemical war against their prey. When a snake displays its fangs, it’s showing off one of evolution’s greatest weapons. This is ...

With around 58,000 human deaths from snakebites each year in the country, a lot more must be done to save lives Kamala Thiagarajan, Undark An Indian cobra found in the farmlands of Kanchipuram, India.

TL;DR: Tim Friede's self-immunization against venomous snakes led to the discovery of potent antibodies enabling a new universal antivenom effective against 13 snake species. This breakthrough aims to ...

The topics of snake venom evolution, composition of venoms, types of toxins, ecological adaptation, prey specialisation, ...