King Cobras and Russell's Vipers are among the deadliest snakes, each with unique venom types and behaviors. King Cobras ...
The venom of Russell’s viper is hemotoxic, meaning it damages blood cells, disrupts the clotting process, and can result in ...
The Irula tribe excels in snake handling and venom extraction, vital for anti-venom drugs. Their co-op, founded in 1978, ...
Government Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode successfully treats snakebite cases, saving majority of patients with timely treatment.
Less than a year after becoming India’s first State to declare snakebite envenoming cases and deaths as a notifiable disease in February 2024, Karnataka has become home to a serpentarium, the first of ...
The share of the majority Hindu population decreased by 7.82 per cent between 1950 and 2015 (from 84.68 per cent to 78.06 per ...
Research funding examines the impact of deaf mediator, interpreter and translation professionals He said: “I wanted to take my interest in herpetology much further. Having spoken to Dr Lintonbon, I ...
Her Majesty was hosting the finals of the BBC 500 Words competition for young writers at Buckingham Palace when she was ...
Data from a centre treating snakebite victims in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, show that many patients bitten by the saw-scaled viper ...