Costa Rica is a paradise for nature lovers ... and bites are relatively rare. Coral snake bites require immediate medical ...

Clark’s coral snake, native to rainforests in parts of Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia, is nocturnal and doesn’t often trouble people. ICP scientists have decoded its venom and found three ...

This is a close mimic of the coral snake, but the real version has a singular venom. Flickr user Joe Townsend When he returned home to France after a stay in Costa Rica in 1983, Jean-Pierre Rosso ...