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

Rattlesnakes are emerging from winter dens. Here are some of the most widely held misconceptions of one of the most common ...

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

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

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

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

What is Arizona’s most venomous snake? It turns out, the most poisonous isn't the most dangerous in the state. Here's what to ...

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

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

Tim Friede voluntarily received those bites as part of a self-immunization process using escalating doses, which made him ...

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

A man who has been injecting himself with snake venom for the past 18 years has now been used to create the most broadly ...