Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The venom characteristics of Russell's viper, a snake responsible for a significant number of snakebite deaths in India, can be predicted using local climate ...

As the natural prey of rattlesnakes, woodrats have also evolved resistance to snake venom: they can survive 500 to 1,000 times the amount that would kill a standard lab mouse. This resistance ...

The venom of one of the world's deadliest snakes is even stronger in dry weather, reveals new research. Russell's viper kills and maims more people than any other snake species, say scientists.

(Images: Supplied by Crocworld) The announcement that snakebite anti-venom was in short supply in South Africa prompted Crocworld Conservation Centre in Scottburgh to temporarily suspend snake ...

Antivenom serums to combat snake poisoning have been produced for over a hundred years. A sublethal dose of venom is injected into large animals such as horses. The animal's immune system then ...

This is a close mimic of the coral snake, but the real version has a singular venom. Flickr user Joe Townsend When he returned home to France after a stay in Costa Rica in 1983, Jean-Pierre Rosso ...

Extraction of venom from a venomous snake 9black Cobra) at the Herpetarium for venomous snakes used in the extraction of venom at the Kenya Institute of Primate Research (KIPRE) campus in Karen ...

Scientists created ‘venom maps’ to predict Russell’s viper venom profiles, which could help clinicians tailor efficient snakebite treatments. Russell’s viper bites are usually treated with polyvalent ...

There are three main types of snake venom. These affect different areas of the body and determine the antivenom required. The polyvalent antivenom is effective for the treatment of neurotoxins and ...

It may sound like something out of science fiction: A three-foot-long fish that can breathe air, “walk” on land and survive for days out of the water. But the northern snakehead is very real ...