All rattlesnakes found in Oklahoma produce a powerful and dangerous venom that destroys tissue and disrupts blood clotting.

In the sun-scorched plains of Mayen Abun-Twic County in South Sudan, Apuk Bak sits on a woven mat outside her house, absently rubbing scars on her leg- a lifelong reminder of a cruel snakebite. Her ...

If it bites you and you die, it's venomous. If you bite it and you die, it's poisonous. There are 6 dangerous snakes in ...

The young woman admitted she bites her nails regularly and had cut herself after picking at her cuticle. She was forced to go to hospital for surgery after bacteria got in and caused her finger ...

Fortunately, a human rescuer intervened and helped the snake escape to see another day. Rattlesnakes are native to the Americas, including regions from Canada to Argentina, and can be found in a wide ...

Bug bites or other skin injuries can cause cellulitis, an infection of the deep layers of the skin typically caused by the group A Streptococcus bacteria (strep). Bug bites cause a break in the skin, ...

“For the first part of this year, we have already had 10 snake bites, but certainly they’re going to increase over the next few months. We had 580 bites recorded last year, which ties a record ...

Getting a tick bite can be understandably scary: They're most often discussed in the context of people developing Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that can either be easily treated if caught ...

While doing so, the snake bit him. Within minutes, Mukesh's condition worsened. However, instead of taking him to a Community Health Center (CHC), his family took him to a local healer, who applied an ...

Before the development of antivenom, around 50% of death adder bites were fatal. This snake is part of Australian Reptile Park's antivenom production program, and its extremely rare extra fang was ...

Google Snake is a great example, but there are more worth checking out — here's a list of 12 that stand out. The Google team spent quite a bit of time making their version of Pac-Man as faithful ...