You may not know this yet, but king cobras are the longest venomous snake in the world. Not only can this snake reach nearly ...

On average, snakes bite 1.8 million people worldwide each year, and 138,000 of those are fatal. Researchers have now found a new treatment for at least cobra bites — a common blood thinner called ...

Scientists have discovered a new snakebite treatment to prevent the devastating tissue damage caused by African spitting cobra venom. Spitting cobra venom is incredibly potent and causes dermonecrosis ...

A breakthrough discovery from a team of scientists scattered around the globe might soon help prevent death from exposure to cobra venom and other snake venoms. The researchers found that a common ...

Scientists have created a miniature "blood-vessel-on-a-chip" to study how snake venom can cause fatal internal bleeding — and to help develop new antivenoms to stop it. Scientists have previously ...

Following Nobel Prize-winning chemist David Baker’s recipe for cooking an antidote to cobra venom using artificial intelligence (AI) could be faster and more effective than currently available methods ...

Scientists at the University of Sydney and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have made a remarkable discovery: a commonly used blood thinner, heparin, can be repurposed as an inexpensive antidote ...