A video of the incident, captured by people on a passing scooter, has gone viral online. A driver on the Namakkal–Salem Road in Tamil Nadu recently had a terrifying experience when a snake emerged ...

An 18-month-old child died of a snake bite in Tamil Nadu's Vellore district as she could not reach the hospital on time due to the lack of proper roads in the area. The mother had to carry the child ...

Around 90 per cent of snakebites in India are by cobra, common krait, Russel’s viper and saw-scaled viper. The Irula Snake Catchers’ Industrial Cooperative extracts venom from these four ...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu has made it mandatory for doctors and hospitals to declare snake bite cases to public health authorities through the infectious disease surveillance portal. This is to ensure the ...

A five-foot long cobra, which entered the house of a farm worker in Cuddalore district, spat out its prey, a three-foot long cobra much to the surprise of the inmates of the house and their neighbours ...

CHENNAI: A team of researchers from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the United Kingdom have discovered a new species of shieldtail snake in the Meghamalai-Munnar hill region of the Western Ghats. Shieldtail ...

The Irula community plays a crucial role in public health by supplying nearly 80% of the venom used for antidotes in India. Despite gaining global attention for making a profit of ₹2.36 crore by ...

Large number of villages in Tamil Nadu's Karanthamalai forest region in Dindigul district have been affected by the yellow crazy ant. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Yellow crazy ants in Tamil Nadu: Even ...

A routine drive turned into a terrifying experience for a man in Tamil Nadu after he discovered a snake hiding inside his car's side mirror while driving. A video of the incident, which was shared by ...