The invsaive Asian needle ant is spreading across the U.S., putting more people at risk of anaphylaxis, since the insect ...

A yellow-bellied sea snake has been found on Rangiahua/Flat Island near Aotea/Great Barrier Island, the third venomous ...

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

They might bite or sting if cornered or disturbed, but most in the Cape Fear region just want to be left alone.

Tim Friede has been bitten by hundreds of snakes. And now, scientists are studying his blood to create a universal antivenom.

Key Takeaways Tim Friede let deadly snakes bite him over 200 times to build immunityScientists found his blood contains ...

Increasing access to anti-snake-venom is not enough to protect people, experts say. What is needed is an ecological approach.

A Wisconsin man has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times, and scientists are studying his blood to treat snakebite.

A revolutionary new antidote neutralizes the venom of 19 of the world’s deadliest snakes, including the mamba, king cobra, ...

Over nearly 18 years, an American, Tim Friede, 57, injected himself with carefully calibrated, escalating doses of venom to ...

A man spent 18 years injecting himself with venom, almost dying more than once – and now his blood is behind a new snakebite ...

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