There are deadly, poisonous snakes — and then there is the fer-de-lance. On Sunday’s season finale of “Naked and Afraid, ” entitled “Pick Your Poison,” search and rescue expert Anthony and ...

Fer de lances are ‘milked’ in order to extract the venom to create anti-venom. This photo was taken in Amacayacu National Park in Colombia. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. If you’re unfortunate enough to ...

An American Canyon teenager is recovering after being bitten by Central and South America's most dangerous snake. Audrey Benton, 15, was in Belize with her parents when she was attacked by a ...

AMERICAN CANYON (KRON) — A Bay Area teenage girl was bitten by one of the most poisonous snakes in the world while she was on vacation with her family in Belize. 15-year-old Audrey Benton is now ...

While pursuing therapeutic treatments, one group of scientists accidentally learned how to make snake bites more deadly. Published in Nature Communications, a recent study conducted by Ph.D. student ...

THE fer-de-lance (spearhead) pit viper is not an animal you would want to meet unexpectedly. It is aggressive, unpredictable and fond of getting the drop on its prey: literally, from the branches of ...