POWELL COUNTY, Ky. ( WKYT /Gray News) - A reptile zoo owner in Kentucky is recovering after being bitten on his hand by a ...

Image via Shutterstock A Kentucky zoo director experienced a nightmare scenario after a highly venomous snake. He's fortunate ...

Over the din of rattlesnakes, Woody Hansen coaxes a curious onlooker to approach a coiled copperhead in a glass display.

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 ...

The effects of snake venom can be devastating, leading to various complications and sometimes permanent disabilities.

Jim Harrison, co-director of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo, said he was bitten by a 'highly venomous' Jameson's mamba snake while ...

With spring is full swing and summer not too far away, those that frequent the outdoors are bound to see more snakes slithering in the Show-Me State. Snakes come out to play ...

The Northern water snake can be found living and swimming along the banks of the Mississippi River. It uses its long body to ...

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

Friede's passion nearly cost him his life in 2001, when he let 2 cobras bite him and ended up in a coma for four days.

Experts have long called for better ways to treat snakebites, which kill some 200 people a day, mainly in the developing ...