If you’re walking through the flat desert of Phelan, California, and you’re bitten by a Southern Pacific rattlesnake, you will start to bleed badly. The snake’s venom is loaded with proteins that ...

QUT PhD researcher Lauren Ashwood has studied sea anemones’ venom makeup extensively, in particular, Telmatactis stephensoni a reef-based sea anemone that can grow from 8 to 10 cm. Ms Ashwood found ...

A breakthrough study at The University of Queensland has discovered a hidden dangerous feature in the Black Mamba one of the most venomous snakes in the world. Professor Bryan Fry from UQ's School of ...

Scientists are picking apart nature’s toxic substances to learn how the molecular components work—which may point the way to new painkillers and disease treatments. Scientists collect venom from a ...

From rubber tappers in Liberia to sugar cane farmers in South Africa, bites from venomous snakes are a constant worry. 1 In sub-Saharan Africa—which is home to green and black mambas, spitting cobras, ...

A breakthrough study at The University of Queensland has discovered a hidden dangerous feature in the Black Mamba one of the most venomous snakes in the world. Professor Bryan Fry from UQ’s School of ...

Scripps Research scientists have developed an antibody that can block the effects of lethal toxins in the venoms of a wide variety of snakes found throughout Africa, Asia and Australia. The antibody, ...

Researchers have found that sea anemones produce specific venoms in different regions depending on their intended function, creating a path to more straightforward drug design. When used carefully, we ...

A breakthrough study at The University of Queensland has discovered a hidden dangerous feature in the venom of the Black Mamba – one of the most venomous snakes in the world –helping to explain why ...

It is one of the world’s deadliest and most neglected epidemics. It doesn’t grab headlines like other problems because the people it affects are disproportionately impoverished and rural. But every ...