Thanks to a man who allowed himself to be bitten by his pet snakes, scientists have developed the first broad-spectrum antivenom that neutralizes the neurotoxins in 19 of the world’s deadliest snakes.

Others, like elapids, have shorter fixed fangs. The structure and positioning of these fangs determine the snake’s strike technique and effectiveness.

Whether one is walking on a park trail or hiking in the woods, it’s exciting to see a snake in the wild. It could be a small ...

There are two uninhibitedly progressed get-togethers: the authentic sea snakes which are associated with Australian natural elapids, and the sea kraits which are associated with the Asian cobras.

The Coral Snake represents a distinctive group of highly venomous elapids found in North America, primarily represented by the Eastern Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius) and the Western Coral Snake ...

Objectives: To understand the pattern of snakebite envenomation, the objective was to describe accidents and deaths by snake genus, age group, sex, race/ethnicity, education level, place of residence ...

Snake venoms comprise a highly complex mixture of proteins, which requires for their characterization the use of versatile two-dimensional electrophoresis techniques. In the present study, venoms ...

However, the complexity of snake venom compn. and toxicol. profile demands that, for many venoms, such as those of viperid snakes and some elapids, the neutralization of lethality be complemented with ...