These Snakes Can Blind You Without Biting — A Herpetologist Explains How

With just venom and precision, these snakes can defend themselves from afar, without ever needing to bite you. Here’s what ...
Forbes

Why Snake Venom Is Evolving Faster Than Any Other Animal Weaponry — A Herpetologist Explains

In deserts, jungles and swamps around the world, snakes are waging a biochemical war against their prey. When a snake displays its fangs, it’s showing off one of evolution’s greatest weapons. This is ...
New Atlas

One man, 856 venom hits, and the path to a universal snakebite cure

These included the black mamba, king cobra, tiger snake, coastal taipan, and Papuan black snake. Each antibody was given to mice, which were then injected with the snake venom. This allowed the ...
BGR

Survivor Of 200 Snake Bites And A Coma Gives Blood To Create The Ultimate Antivenom

A new scientific breakthrough could reshape how the world responds to deadly snakebites. Thanks to antibodies found in the blood of a man who has spent nearly two decades building immunity to snake ...
NPR

He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom

In 2001, after working up to it for years, Tim Friede finally allowed himself to be bitten by a snake. He started with venomous cobras because they're dangerous — and because they're what he had on ...
TweakTown

Man who self-injected snake venom for 18 years creates unprecedented antivenom

TL;DR: Tim Friede's self-immunization against venomous snakes led to the discovery of potent antibodies enabling a new universal antivenom effective against 13 snake species. This breakthrough aims to ...