SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Rattlesnakes are always lurking in the collective imagination, here in California. But for researchers at the California Academy of Sciences, they're just one of hundreds of ...

After years of self-administering jerry-rigged antivenom and getting outright bitten by snakes, Tim Friede has a ...

ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Georgia Poison Center are advising as temperatures warm, venomous snakes in Georgia are becoming more active, increasing the risk of snake ...

A man who was bitten by a poisonous snake surprised doctors when the venom took 15 hours to start showing its effects. The South Australian man, named Neville Joppich, was bitten on the ankle by what ...

A new University of Florida study examined 20 years of venomous snake bites and found that most victims waited too long to seek treatment. The study, which looked at 546 cases at one Florida hospital, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AIKEN, S.C. (WJBF) – Experts are reminding you about the dangers of snakes after a Tennessee man was killed by a snake bite while ...

What started as a regular walk for Piper the dog and her owners in Durham quickly turned into a scary and potentially expensive ordeal. "She was sniffing at the edge of the trail and then jumped back, ...

025 mg/kg subcutaneous in mice, making it the most potent venom of any snake in the world. Here's something that might surprise you: one bite's worth of venom is enough to kill 100 fully grown men.

Veterinarians at Colorado State University said they are already seeing a return of snake bites to pets as the weather continues to warm in Northern Colorado. The first snake bite to a dog that the ...

Every Sunday for more than 30 years, Bill Haast would release one of his king cobras on his lawn so that he could “fence” ...