Less than a year after becoming India’s first State to declare snakebite envenoming cases and deaths as a notifiable disease ...

Chennai: In 1999, researchers mapped 19 different species of snakes in areas bordering Chennai, the highest number reported ...

Mysuru: A Siberian Husky dog named Gucci, belonging to city businessman Vamci Merla saw a Russell’s Viper snake while playing ...

The so-called Big Four — Indian cobra (Naja naja), common krait (Bungarus caeruleus), Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii), and the saw-scaled viper (genus Echis) — account for most snakebite ...

Disturb a Russell’s viper and the encounter may lead to kidney ... The wet-labbers are based at Scripps Research in San Diego, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru and the ...

India’s landscape is riddled with deadly reptiles, most notably the Indian cobra and Russell’s viper. These snakes are responsible for a significant number of snakebite incidents annually. The king ...

Russell’s viper, the common krait, and the Indian cobra are associated with the saw-scaled viper. These four snakes are the reason for the most deaths and injuries from snake bites all over India. The ...

Last year, NASA canceled the VIPER (“Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover”) in a move that scandalized proponents of a return to the moon. The space agency was just $84 million ...