Antivenom, also known as antivenin, is an umbrella term for purified antibodies which work against venoms or parts of venoms.

Snake venom contains many proteins that damage the body, though key toxic sites often remain similar across species.

Medicine is not helpless. Snake bites can be neutralised with antivenom, but that is often not to hand in the remote parts of ...

In a first, scientists recorded high-speed footage from dozens of venomous snakes as they went in for the kill.

Over 5 million people are bitten by snakes every year, according to the World Health Organization. Many effective antivenoms ...

A species of snake has been noted biting and injecting venom into humans after the snake is dead. Getty Images/iStock Photo As darkness descended on a man’s chicken coops in Sivasagar, India, he ...

Gunter Glasser has been catching snakes for almost 30 years across Southern Queensland, but October has been an especially ...

Advanced video techniques reveal exactly how snake bites work and show various snake species have evolved very different ...