Of all the world’s land snakes, the Australian tiger snake is rated as about the most deadly. It needs to inject only 2 mg. of venom to kill a man, whereas the notorious hooded cobra must inject about ...

Snakebite envenoming is among the world's deadliest yet most overlooked tropical diseases. The WHO has classified snakebite envenoming as one of 21 neglected tropical diseases, resulting in between ...

A snake hunter has been rushed to hospital after being bitten by a venomous snake, as a result of his equipment failing. Mark Pelley, a local of Victoria in southeastern Australia who goes by The ...