One man’s strange fixation with self-administering snake venom may lead to a remarkable advance in antivenom development, but ...

Blood from a snake enthusiast who's been bitten hundreds of times aided the search for a universal snakebite treatment ...

The quick answer is yes. A pair of long, needle-sharp front fangs distinguishes vipers in general. The speckled rattlesnake is a member of the Viperidae family of snakes, and its venom is hemotoxic, ...

Illinois is home to only one copperhead species: the eastern copperhead. The eastern copperhead is a North American pit viper from the Crotalinae subfamily and the Viperidae family. The species is ...