According to the World Health Organization, around 5.4 million people are bitten by snakes each year. Of those, about 400,000 are left with permanent injuries or disfigurements. Tragically, snakebites ...

At first, it’s an unsettling noise. The grinding of scales rubbing together. That’s the sound of the saw-scaled viper, the world’s deadliest snake. And it could be the last sound you ever hear. Found ...

The World Health Organization estimates that as many as 5.4 million people are bitten by snakes each year. Snakebite injuries leave around 400,000 people permanently disabled or disfigured. Between 80 ...

An infant in the northern Indian state of Bihar reportedly bit a cobra to death after it coiled around his hands. The one-year-old boy, identified only by his first name Govinda, bit the cobra while ...

Andreas Hougaard Laustsen receives funding from Wellcome, the European Research Council, the Villum Foundation, and Innovation Fund Denmark. Bruno Lomonte receives funding from Vicerrectoría de ...

India faces a significant public health challenge due to venomous snakes like the King Cobra, Russell's viper, Indian cobra, saw-scaled viper, and banded krait. These snakes, found in diverse habitats ...

FARAH KHATRI is lucky to be alive. The stars had to align for her to survive after being bitten by a saw-scaled viper while planting trees in north Mumbai. She was in a major city with many public ...