Only now, they’re doing it in our backyards.” Incredibly, opossums show immunity to numerous types of snake venom and their blood could hold the key to fighting snake bites around the world!

An opossum sees its future meal when it sees a snake or scorpion. Except for the coral snake, the animals are resistant to ...

Even toxins from animals that the opossum would never come across in its natural habitat, such as sea snake venom, were disabled by the protein. What’s more, the tests on LTNF showed that it ...