Synthetic sugars could be key to sussing out what type of snake venom is threatening a person’s life, researchers say.

A longstanding theory in evolutionary biology is that venomous predators like rattlesnakes often develop complex venoms in order ... competition and space were home to more specialized rattlesnake ...

Other venoms can affect the blood and cause it either to fail to clot or to form clots too readily, "which can lead to basically the patient stroking out or having a clot lodge in the vessels of ...

The world turns out to be home to hundreds – perhaps thousands ... "Will we get to the stage where we'll be taking things from their venoms that are useful? Definitely," says Andrew Walker ...

Some animals possess lethal venoms; just one drop can induce paralysis or death. Discover these nature's deadliest venoms. Known as the “fierce snake,” its venom is the most toxic of any snake ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Galway's School of Natural Sciences has revealed why some spiders possess venom that is far more potent than others. By analyzing the venoms of more ...

“Snake venoms are complex and detecting the toxins ... s body is vital to counteracting its effects, but most places are home to a variety of different snakes that could have caused any given ...

Researchers collected and analyzed venom from 83 rattlesnakes across 11 uninhabited islands. These included the Red Diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) from Isla San Jose, Baja California Sur ...

For decades, antivenoms have come from the antibodies generated by animals like horses injected with venoms. But Jacob Glanville, the CEO of the biotech company Centivax, he wanted to find a ...