According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 7,000-8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States each year. Snake season is mid-March to mid-November.

The answer is very likely no, even if the snake is venomous. Only about five people die per year from snakebite in America. So once the initial shock has passed, there is a better question to ask: ...

An inquest in Queensland, Australia found that Tristian James Frahm would have likely survived if he'd received medical treatment sooner Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

Treating a paralyzing snakebite could one day be as easy as sniffing a nasal spray, according to a California researcher who hopes to curb bite-related deaths that claim as many as 125,000 people ...

Across the Indian countryside, a familiar but often unseen threat is quietly changing. Russell’s viper, already one of the ...

For the police, it seemed like an open and shut case, but for an insurance company reviewing the family’s claim, the ...

Demow Rural Hospital in Assam has recorded zero snakebite-related deaths for five consecutive years (2021–2025)—a rare feat.

Indiana Jones, intrepid cinematic archaeologist, is famously afraid of snakes. Perhaps he wouldn’t need to be if he had a new ointment developed by scientists in Australia. Quickly applying a nitric ...

CHENNAI: A death by snakebite has turned out to be murder at Podaturpet village in Tiruvallur district. The plot is diabolic.

Counter Logic Gaming added another page to their growing book of accolades last weekend when the team defeated Enigma 6 to take home the title of Summer Season Champions. Paul "Snakebite" Duarte, ...