An unexpected encounter with a venomous snake could turn a routine activity into a matter of life or death. Here’s everything you need to know. Snake encounters are more common than you might think, ...

In several areas within the Indian subcontinent, snake bites continue to be a significant public health issue; indeed, they are directly connected with biogeographical, migrational and sleep patterns.

India is home to many snake species, some of them highly venomous. Here’s a look at some of the most venomous snakes found in ...

India is home to nearly 300 snake species, but only a fraction of them pose a serious threat to humans. Out of these, just four snakes—the Russell’s viper, common krait, spectacled cobra, and ...

The project aims to map the "Big Four," or the four most common venomous snakes in India—the spectacled cobra, saw-scaled viper, Russell’s viper (shown here) and common krait. Wikipedia Growing up in ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Researchers have created a synthetic molecule that can detect krait venom from as little as 2 nanogram (or ng, a billionth of a gram) of ...