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Dr Andrew Watt and his team have helped save more than 500 lives in Papua New Guinea from deadly snakebites since 2018. On International Snakebite Awareness Day, he shares how the Australian Venom Research Unit is forging ahead

Researchers are conducting Australia’s first national survey of medical professionals who treat venomous snake and spider bites

Risking his life is all in a day’s work for Dr David Williams, the newly appointed chair of the World Health Organization’s specialist Snakebite Group

As spring begins to emerge, so too are Australian snakes. Now a first-of-its-kind map is tracking where and when our pets are bitten, but even which breeds are more likely to suffer a snakebite