Sustainably produced scorpion venoms are important, for example, in the pharmacological industry. However, in the recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people involved in ...

Snake milking is a vital scientific process. Trained experts carefully extract venom from snakes. This venom is crucial for ...

OSHKOSH (WKOW) - Around a thousand of the world's most venomous creatures also call downtown Oshkosh home too. "I saw a picture of a coral snake and I thought it was the most beautiful animal I'd ever ...

This paper describes an easy, cheap, and safe method of capturing and handling the medically important spider Phoneutria for venom extraction. The method does not injure or kill the spider and allows ...

Have you ever heard of a snake milker? This is a legitimate profession that remains largely unknown to the public. In this article, we explore the intricacies of what a snake milker does, the ...

The country has the highest rates of snakebite deaths in the world. Experts say a lot more must be done to save lives. By Kamala Thiagarajan / Undark Published Nov 22, 2023 12:00 PM EST As far back as ...

He feeds spitting cobras, handles puff udders, and helps black mambas reproduce. He also cleans a cage that hosts two 20-inch pythons. His biggest interest is in the ones with the sting of death; the ...

The Taiwan habu has venom glands that are rooted in a distant genetic past. Image: OIST/Steven Aird Humans and other mammals have the same genetic foundations for developing oral venom that snakes ...

An article published by the researchers of the Biodiversity Unit at the University of Turku, Finland, highlights how amateur venom-extraction business is threatening scorpion species. Sustainably ...