Typically, anti-venom is developed by injecting animals, but a man from Wisconsin either injected himself with small doses of ...

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

Friede's passion nearly cost him his life in 2001, when he let 2 cobras bite him and ended up in a coma for four days.

Tim Friede, a former truck mechanic, intentionally subjected himself to numerous snakebites over two decades, aiming to ...

Rattlesnakes are emerging from winter dens. Here are some of the most widely held misconceptions of one of the most common venomous snakes in the U.S.

They might bite or sting if cornered or disturbed, but most in the Cape Fear region just want to be left alone.

Co-Director of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo, Jim Harrison, was bitten by a Jameson’s Mamba snake on his hand last Monday.

A cute and crawly kingsnake with two heads is chowing on mice and chilling with its keepers at the East Bay Vivarium in ...

As summer weather approaches, snakes are beginning to make their presence known.Officials with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat ...

Tim Friede might be the world's most snakebit person—and his antibodies could hold the key to a truly universal snake ...

Researchers may have found the key to creating the ultimate snake antivenom, and all it took was someone getting bitten 200 ...

The research, published in Cell, describes how two of Friede’s antibodies were combined with varespladib, a drug known to ...