Every year hundreds of thousands of people are dying from snakebites and theres a global shortage of the one thing that could save them - anti-venom. While a single snakebite can turn most people into ...

For nearly two decades, an American mechanic turned self-taught snake expert has done something that sounds suicidal at first ...

In the 1960s, Brazilian researcher Dr Sérgio Ferreira discovered that compounds in the venom of the Brazilian pit viper could regulate blood pressure. His work eventually led to the development of ...

Research efforts are ongoing to develop safer, broad-spectrum antivenoms. Technology Networks sat down with Dr. Andreas ...

In his new National Geographic series Pole to Pole, the actor ventures deep into the Amazon in search of creatures whose ...

A 32-year-old youth from Hatadihi block in Keonjhar district, identified as Subal Sahu, suffered multiple snakebites after carrying a venomous snake in his bag and roaming around the market to show ...

This lizard’s physiology rewrites what we thought reptiles were capable of. Here’s the truth behind its notorious reputation, by a herpetologist.

In National Geographic’s latest series, Pole to Pole with Will Smith, the eponymous actor goes on a journey traversing the ...

In a wooden shack on stilts overlooking a muddy tributary of the Amazon, the shaman gently lays his palm on the head of his ...

The prokriti bondhus of the Sundarbans are trained to step in when challenging situations emerge involving the wild and the ...