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Snakes, sheilas and a backblocks shed: learning how to wrangle Australia’s most venomous reptiles

‘If you wouldn’t mind,’ the instructor says, handing out legal documents to all those who enter, ‘signing your life away’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 14, 2025

‘Super antibodies’ for snake toxins: how a dangerous DIY experiment helped scientists make a new antivenom

Scientists in the United States have created a new snake antivenom using the blood of a man who deliberately built up immunity to snakebites by injecting himself with many different kinds of venom more than 800 times over 18 years.

The Conversation · May 3, 2025

Here's how we track down and very carefully photograph Australia's elusive snakes

Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field.

The Conversation · May 19, 2022