In Tamil Nadu, the Irula tribe utilises ancestral knowledge to extract snake venom, supplying nearly 80 per cent of India’s ...

As a professional venom extractor, Harrison spends his days wrangling the world's deadliest snakes at the Kentucky Reptile Zoo , a tourist attraction and research facility that he runs with his ...

In the snakebite capital of the world, a national government program is under way to cut related deaths and disabilities in ...

Their expertise in venom extraction has not only made them an essential part of India’s snake conservation efforts but also helped create life-saving anti-venom for countless victims of snakebites.

Ethical venom extraction remains crucial alongside conservation efforts. Few chemicals in the vast and rich tapestry of the natural world evoke awe and fascination quite like snake venom.

For his first demonstration of the day, the 53-year-old venom extractor disappears for a few seconds among three aisles of plastic bins that reach toward the ceiling. He emerges with a bin ...

"I started reading up on snake bites and snake venom and saw a huge burden around the world that snakes cost to humans," stem cell researcher Dr. Hans Clevers told Quirks & Quarks host Bob McDonald.

Snake produces ‘massive yields’ of venomBefore antivenom programmes began, the adders were so deadly that 60 per cent of their bites to humans were fatal. Their large fangs, 6-8mm in length, stand out ...

Their bites lead to 1.8 to 2.7 million cases of envenomation and 81,410 to 137,880 deaths annually. “Snake bite is considered a neglected disease on the global-scale,” said Ruane.

London Snake venom shows promise as skin glue for closing life-threatening wounds Researchers from Ontario, Manitoba, China focus on harnessing healing properties of poison ...