When a venomous snake bit a contestant on this season of "Survivor," fans held their breath while the show's medical team ...

Snakebites are among the deadliest neglected tropical diseases, and scientists have long been searching for more effective ...

Many reptiles excrete solid uric acid crystals instead of liquid urine, a water-saving adaptation that could hold clues for human medicine. If you’ve never cared for a reptile, you might be surprised ...

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

A pair of reptile wranglers in Australia came to the rescue of a yellow-tailed whip snake that found its way into a ...

That’s because in a race of reflexes, the snake usually wins. For a mouse or human, it takes less than half a second to ...

Scientists filmed 36 snake species to study their strike speed. They found vipers, elapids, and colubrids each use unique ...