A wave of fresh science is challenging a century-old treatment and offering hope to the people snakebites harm most—often far ...

It's well known that deadly snakes strike very swiftly, and it is easy to infer that if you’re unlucky enough to be bitten, the moment of contact will be as simple as it is sudden: a lightning-quick ...

A North Carolina family said their 4-year-old was bitten by a venomous snake on the playground of a day care, but staff failed to call emergency services and reached out to a guardian instead. The boy ...

A black mamba snake with its head resting on a leaf and its black, forked tongue coming out of its mouth. Researchers have developed an antivenom that effectively neutralizes bites from the black ...