Agumbe, Karnataka, also known as the "Cobra Capital of India," is a small village nestled in the Western Ghats. It is ...

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

After a man spent years building up an immunity to many snakes by injecting their venom, researchers are now hopeful his blood holds the key to a groundbreaking antivenom.

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

A cocktail of 3 agents provides broad protection against 13 deadly snakes, but a ‘universal antivenom’ isn’t on the horizon ...

Daltonganj: Green pit viper has been sighted in the jungles of the Bareysarn range of the south division of the Palamu Tiger ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his ...

Rattlesnakes are the only native venomous snakes in California. Here's where they live and what to do if you are bitten.

Intrigued by this “unusual” change in color, researchers caught several snakes, took a closer look at them, tested their DNA and realized they’d discovered a new species: Trimeresurus cryptographicus, ...