The venom characteristics of Russell's viper, a snake responsible for a significant number of snakebite deaths in India, can be predicted using local climate data.

Researchers hiked into the Andes mountains of northwestern Venezuela several times in 2021 ... is venomous but “so far there are no reports of accidents, probably because it is a cryptic snake ...

Georgia is home to six species of venomous snakes ... Florida in March 2021. The cottonmouth, or water moccasin, is a heavy-bodied snake that usually grows less than 3 feet long, with dark ...

According to Atsushi Sakai, chief researcher at the center, the snake’s hemolytic venom destroys cells in veins and causes continuous bleeding. Bite victims can die of acute kidney failure.