For nearly two decades, an American mechanic turned self-taught snake expert has done something that sounds suicidal at first glance: he has let some of the world’s deadliest snakes bite him and has ...

A professional snake catcher removed the eastern brown snake from a vehicle in Brisbane, Australia Universal Images Group via Getty Stock Photos A man in Australia doing post-holiday shopping ...

Sometimes medical breakthroughs can come from unexpected places. Tim Friede, a snake enthusiast in the United States, spent nearly two decades injecting himself with increasing doses of snake venom.

What's it like to get bit by a venomous snake? "It's like a bee sting times a thousand," Tim Friede says. Tim would know. Over the past few... A man let snakes bite him for years. He could be the key ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FLORENCE, S.C. (WBTW) — Just hours before ...

Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede has long had a ...

A conversation with Romulus Whitaker on snakes, antivenom work, the Madras Snake Park, and decades of learning from India’s wild. A life shaped by curiosity.

A man in Australia doing post-holiday shopping discovered he had picked up an unexpected hitchhiker. According to Yahoo News, the man was walking to his vehicle on Dec. 27 after finishing some ...

The antitoxin antibodies found in the blood of a Wisconsin man—who voluntarily let snakes bite him for alm0st 20 years—is helping scientists create better antivenom drugs for snakebites. By combing ...