Whatever the assailant, though, snake-bite treatment has been the same for a century: inject an antivenin containing ...

Frank Burbrink: The most venomous snake in the world is the inland taipan ... So as long as you know what to do, and how to treat a bite, you have a good shot at surviving. The first thing you ...

Proteins made using machine learning successfully bind snake toxins — plus, Earth’s temperature breaks a significant climate threshold for the first time.

Novel proteins have been designed to neutralise some of the deadliest molecules in snake venom. The proteins, which were ...

It is not necessary to collect the snake before medical treatment, so do not risk another bite by trying to kill the snake or pick it up. Remove the patient’s rings, watches and footwear ...

Each year, snake bites kill upwards of 100,000 people and permanently disable hundreds of thousands more, according to ...

A study by this year's Nobel Laureate in Chemistry reveals a possible game-changer in snakebite treatment. Researchers have ...

In a significant move to enhance animal healthcare, the Punjab government has launched an anti-snake venom treatment in all ...