First aid guidelines for snake bite include staying still. But that can be tough if you’re in a rural or remote location.

A 23-year-old man in Bihar died from a snake bite after police allegedly detained him, delaying his hospital treatment. The ...

This habit leaves it exposed to predation, so the species has evolved a venomous bite. This fish possesses a pair of prominent, grooved canine teeth, each linked to a venom gland, and which are ...

Matt Clarke looks at Castelnau's piranha - the rarely seen Serrasalmus gibbus - which has recently been imported into the UK aquarium trade. Piranha expert Frank Magallanes said: "The fish in the ...

Two feral cats have tested positive for rabies in Comal County, the latest in an increase in rabies cases in the Hill Country this year. The county said one cat was found near Texas 46 and FM 1863 ...

An SC school teacher and snake handler is fighting for his life after being bitten by a venomous snake. Plus a look at DC's ...

A tiny spider bite turned into a huge problem for one holidaying Brit who ended up developing a hole in his stomach after an assault by an eight-legged assailant. Nigel Hunt, 59, from the Isles of ...

Engineers have created knitted fabrics that can protect a wearer from mosquito bites 1. Clothing offers ... and tested each by placing a sleeved human’s arm inside a cage of mosquitoes.

The median artery forms fairly early in development in all humans, transporting blood down the center of our arms to feed our growing hands. At around eight weeks, it usually regresses, leaving the ...

The health unit says like West Nile Virus, EEEV "normally cycles between wild birds and mosquitoes but can occasionally spread to horses and, rarely, to humans through an infected mosquito's bite." ...

A new species of fish with human-like teeth and an eye on its back that resembles ... The new species of fish, which has been disguised as a piranha for more than 200 years, is distinguished by its ...

Just how deadly is the H5N1 avian flu? The virus, which is currently sweeping through U.S. dairy herds, rarely jumps to human beings, at least for now. But when it does, the consequences can be ...