Snake venom experts Stuart Ainsworth and Christoffer Sørensen talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the search for an antivenom that could neutralise toxins from multiple different snakes.
The Papagaia (B. bilineatus), whose green colour ensures camouflage among the foliage of the trees, is one of the 12 species of snake found in the Alto Juruá region in Acre.
Personal archive of the author, Paulo Bernarde
A snake bite in a remote area of the Amazon can literally be a matter of life and death. Amazon+10 Initiative study collects snakes to improve the serums available in the region
Exotic shorthair cats are popular in the US but they struggle with health problems.
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Learning about snakes offers unique insights into the natural world.
Many snakes were probably much more widespread in ancient Egypt.
Composite image. Mamba: W. Wüster. Pyramids: Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0. Montage: W. Wüster.
It had long been thought snakes can only feel vibrations through the ground. New research shows they can not only sense airborne sound, but can likely detect human voices.
Even by conservative estimates, Mozambique’s snakebite figures are far higher than previously thought.
The Osun River has become turbid and unsafe for consumption - threatening its cultural and biodiversity significance. Photo by: Stefan Heunis/AFP via Getty Images.
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