Of the 44 species of snake that are native to Florida, six are venomous. Here's a guide to identifying them and the harmless ...

Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself ...

Blood from a former construction and factory worker — and self-taught herpetologist — could hold the key to a universal ...

Snakes involved included black mamba ... the researchers came across "a hyperimmune human adult male donor" who was "identified with a documented 18-year history of 856 self-immunizations to ...

Rattlesnakes are emerging from winter dens. Here are some of the most widely held misconceptions of one of the most common venomous snakes in the U.S.

A universal snake antivenom might soon be within reach—thanks to one man’s strange and dangerous obsession. For nearly two ...

Meet some of Reddings most venomous residents They tend not to bother us unless we bother them, but more live with us as we ...

adult females are larger than adult males both in length and body thickness. 3. Q: Why are there so many snakes in the Interlake area? A: Snakes, like all other kinds of wildlife, need food, water and ...

The antitoxin antibodies found in the blood of a Wisconsin man—who voluntarily let snakes bite him for alm0st 20 years—is ...

Tim Friede might be the world's most snakebit person—and his antibodies could hold the key to a truly universal snake ...

For the ninth consecutive year, The Nature Conservancy released eastern indigo snakes into Florida's Apalachicola Bluffs and ...

Scientists identified antibodies that neutralized the poison in whole or in part from the bites of cobras, mambas and other ...