Scientists found that plants, fungi, and microbes use venom-like methods to protect themselves, attack rivals, or survive.

Venom isn’t just a feature of some animals; it’s found across the living world, from plants and fungi to bacteria and viruses ...

The venom attacks the nervous system kicking it into overdrive until — ultimately — it shuts down! Of course, spiders aren’t the only venomous animals in Australia. It’s home to 20 of the ...

Humans using venom as a weapon can be traced back to antiquity ... He injected a number of animals with small amounts of the venom. The animals' natural immune systems fought the injected substance, ...

During copulation, females stopped breathing, turned pale and had no reflexive response to light — known symptoms of loss of nerve control, which is caused by the animals’ potent venom.

The blue-lined octopus (Hapalochlaena fasciata) is only a few centimeters long, yet it may be one of the most dangerous ...

Like other venomous animals investigated by his team, funnel-web spider venom contains small proteins or peptides that interact with, and modulate the activity of, ion channels and receptors in ...

But it has a broader range of roles depending on the animal using it. Some harness it as a tool for hunting ... nausea or other unpleasant side effects if the toxins are absorbed. Some animals are so ...

A viral video on social media has unveiled the surprising existence of scorpion farms, where venom is collected for use in ...

The king cobra, at 18 feet, is the world's largest venomous snake, utilizing neurotoxic venom to kill large prey. Armed ...

His facility in the university is the only one that milks venom from these deadly marine animals and turns it into ... Scientists are working on using this toxin to find cancers and even deliver ...