The King Cobra and Indian Krait are two of India's most venomous snakes, each with unique advantages in lethality and hunting ...

The Irula tribe in southern India has a long-standing tradition of safely extracting venom from some of the world’s deadliest ...

One is the longest venomous snake on Earth, feared for its ability ... Both snakes possess deadly neurotoxins, but the Indian Krait’s venom is far more potent—estimated to be 15 times stronger ...

Breeding snakes in captivity “is doable, not rocket science,” he says, as he offers a virtual tour of the serpentarium, which ...

There are also eight species of sea krait, Laticauda, a semi-aquatic group of reptiles that return ... While sea snake bites are certainly far less numerous than terrestrial snake bites, the powerful ...

HHMI researchers discover that protein related to snake venom toxin modulates receptors that are targeted by nicotine. Scientists have found that a protein resembling snake venom neurotoxin modulates ...

In a heart-stopping moment, a man narrowly escaped what could have been a fatal snake bite—thanks to his cap. A now-viral video captures the chilling incident where a venomous krait (as ...

The current strategy for developing antivenoms involves injecting snake venom into equines like horses ... In one set of experiments, they pre-mixed the synthetic antibody with a toxic 3FTx produced ...

King Cobra, which is found in forests, is the longest venomous snake, growing up to 18 feet which can kill an elephant by its venom. Malabar Pit Viper, which is often found in the Western Ghats ...

said the boy had bought a snake known as Suzhen’s krait. The youngster was intubated for two weeks while being admi­nistered with anti-venom. As the hospital did not have the specific anti ...