The hump-nosed pit viper doesn’t have a polyvalent antivenom, which is available only for spectacled cobra, common krait, ...

There are more than 310 species of snakes in India — 66 of them are venomous and 42 are mildly venomous. Twenty-three snake ...

The snakes we rescued were from different villages in Bagnan, Amta and Uluberia,” said Chitrak Pramanik, a wildlife ...

Common Krait is known to be one of the deadliest snakes in India. It's highly venomous and can cause paralysis. Sloth Bears ...

Asian Elephant: The Asian Elephant lives near grass and fresh water, which is why you'd often stumble upon them in crop fields. Asian Elephants can trample and gore humans when they feel threatened.

The Union government last month announced snakebites as a notifiable condition, making it mandatory for all hospitals in India including private establishments to notify the Centre on every case of ...

India is home to more than 300 snake species, including nearly 60 that are highly venomous. Among the venomous snakes, the ...

India plans to make snakebites a notifiable disease to address 60,000 annual deaths, improve surveillance, provide anti-venom ...

Snakebites are now a notifiable disease in India, requiring mandatory reporting. This move aims to improve awareness, treatment, and prevention efforts across India.

In June 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) added snakebite envenoming to its priority list of neglected tropical ...