The blue ring octopus, though small, carries a lethal venom 1,200 times more toxic than cyanide, capable of paralyzing and killing a human within minutes. There is no antidote for its venom, and the ...

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB), an exotoxin produced by single ...

Contact with a box-jellyfish can be fatal. Now, Australian researchers have discovered an antidote that blocks the symptoms of the sting, as long as it's applied to the skin within fifteen minutes.

A person in the Netherlands has died after taking counterfeit oxycodone pills containing isotonitazepyne, a powerful ...

Because there’s no antidote to TTX, the necessary medical treatment includes ... They can do this by using specialized cells to give their rings that deadly sheen. There’s still much to understand ...