Tim Friede has survived hundreds of snakebites—on purpose. For nearly two decades, he let some of the world's most dangerous ...

A former truck driver from California has been on a nearly 20-year journey of injecting himself with snake venom and his ...

Tim Friede has injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times, and subjected himself to more than 200 bites. Now, ...

Snakes are a significant part of nature, but many people choose to stay away from them– and for good reason. While some ...

A new snakebite treatment combines an existing drug with antibodies from a hyperimmune reptile collector, raising both hopes ...

The antitoxin antibodies found in the blood of a Wisconsin man—who voluntarily let snakes bite him for alm0st 20 years—is ...

In a small village called Kapetakan in Java, Indonesia, snakes aren’t killed out of fear, they’re slaughtered to make shiny handbags, shoes, and belts ...

Blood from a former construction and factory worker — and self-taught herpetologist — could hold the key to a universal ...

Jai Kumar Sahni, famously known as Bihar’s ‘Snake Man’, died on Thursday after being bitten by a venomous cobra while attempting a rescue in Samastipur district. Sahni, a resident of Tajpur’s Harpur ...

Tim Friede might be the world's most snakebit person—and his antibodies could hold the key to a truly universal snake ...

The research, published in Cell, describes how two of Friede’s antibodies were combined with varespladib, a drug known to block venom enzymes that harm nerves and muscles. The resulting treatment ...

Bennett True set a goal last summer that others might find unthinkable: to give a live demonstration with highly venomous ...