There are more than 3000 species of snakes on Earth, ranging from the Barbados threadsnake at roughly 10 cm long (about the same as a deck of cards) to the reticulated python at around 6 m in...
A snake coiled around a staff is a widely recognized symbol of healing.聽 The staff belongs to Asklepios, the mythical Greek god of medicine.聽 In ancient Greece the sick would go to be healed at...
Why do snakes make venom? Essentially to bring down prey for food, but snakes will also bite to defend themselves. Chemically, the poisons are very complex and are generally composed of numerous...
Not many people have heard of boomslang. That鈥檚 not surprising because these聽venomous tree snakes are a super shy and non-aggressive species native to Sub-Saharan Africa. These snakes exhibit...
Cancer patients from around the world have been travelling to Cuba for years to be treated for cancer with venom extracted from the blue scorpion. It all started in the 1980s when biologist Misael...