Few creatures fill people with as much as dread and fear as spiders and snakes. In fact, many people develop an extreme, overwhelming fear of spiders (arachnophobia) or snakes (ophidiophobia), and ...

As a new app is launched to provide first-aid advice for venomous bites and stings, a reptile expert urges people to learn ...

Venomous animals deliver toxins by wounding another animal while poisonous animals deliver toxins passively, as another creature touches or ingests it. New Jersey is home to 22 types of snakes, two of ...

Hundreds of potential antibiotics have been discovered in snake and spider venom, thanks to AI. A screening of global venom libraries, powered by artificial intelligence, uncovered dozens of ...

Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede has long had a ...