Jim Harrison, co-director of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo, said he was bitten by a 'highly venomous' Jameson's mamba snake while ...

A man who injected himself with snake venom helped create an antivenom that can protect mice from venomous snakes.

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

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

Scientists in the United States have created a new snake antivenom using the blood of a man who deliberately built up ...

The man was found to have undertaken "escalating doses" from 16 snake species so lethal they "would normally a kill a horse." ...

Snakes are ending hibernation to mate and bask under the summer sun. Michigan has one venomous snake. Here's how to identify it.

Californian autodidact herpetologist Tim Friede has spent the last two decades deliberately injecting himself with hundreds ...

A warning has been issued after increased sightings of the UK's only venomous snake. Hiker Lorraine Flower captured this ...

US' Tim Friede endured 200 venomous snake bites over 18 years to build immunity-now, antibodies in his blood may help ...

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.

One man’s strange fixation with self-administering snake venom may lead to a remarkable advance in antivenom development, but ...