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snake
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How a century-old drug could revolutionise cobra bite treatment
Kurit Afshen / Shutterstock Tian Du, University of Sydney and Greg Neely, University of Sydney About 1.8 million…
July 30, 2024
New Snake Species Discovered in Saudi Arabia’s Hejaz Region
At a Glance A team of international scientists led by researchers from the Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade…
June 9, 2024
Collecting live snakes in remote Amazon regions for study is no easy task – here’s how we do it
Paulo Sérgio Bernarde, Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC) Brazil records an average of 29,000 snakebites a year, leading…
May 16, 2024
Are We In an Arms Race Against Snakes?
The elapid snakes, which evolved around 37 million years ago, brought with them a highly potent venom that…
April 14, 2024
Venomous snakes could start migrating in large numbers if we hit 5°C warming
Pablo Ariel Martinez, Universidade Federal de Sergipe A global group of scientists has predicted that climate change may…
April 12, 2024
How Do Experts Develop Antivenom?
Should you ever find yourself in a situation where you’ve been bitten by a venomous snake (and we…
August 5, 2022
Two New Pit Viper Species Found In Asia
The reptilian subfamily Crotalinae, commonly known as the pit vipers or the crotaline snakes, consists of venomous vipers…
October 20, 2021