Researchers found cannibalism diets appeared among at least 207 snake species in 15 snake family groups ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

A sidewinder raises its head to strike a human hand. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) A new Cell study suggests human-derived antibodies—first found in the blood of self-taught snake handler Tim ...

How we make antivenom has not changed much over the past century. Typically, it involves immunizing horses or sheep with venom from a single snake species and collecting the antibodies produced. While ...

Eating your own kind might not sound like a winning survival strategy, but cannibalism is surprisingly common in the animal ...

A team of international scientists has engineered an eight-nanobody cocktail that neutralizes venom from nearly all major African elapid snakes. Study: Nanobody-based recombinant antivenom for cobra, ...

Cannibal snakes may be far more common than thought. A global review found the behaviour evolved 11 times, raising new questions about survival strategies hidden within the reptile world.