it is not dangerous to humans since its venom only works on small animals such as lizards and amphibians. Western purple-glossed snake (Amblyodipsas unicolor) is a rear-fanged snake of family ...

Enter the fascinating world of venom, where deadly stakes are intertwined with the possibility of wondrous healing.

Venom is thought to have evolved independently at least 100 times. Today there are thousands of venomous animals thriving around the world. Over time their venoms have evolved to do specific jobs in ...

This is a close mimic of the coral snake, but the real version has a singular venom. Flickr user Joe Townsend When he returned home to France after a stay in Costa Rica in 1983, Jean-Pierre Rosso ...

The ICP has mastered the process of antivenom production, and I had come to watch the fundamental first step: the extraction of venom from a live snake, sometimes called “milking.” The bucket ...