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For the past five years, The Liana Trust has been studying venoms from species beyond the big four to develop antidotes to them.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Compounds from spider and snake venoms, along with substances produced by plants and fungi, are being studied for their potential to treat pain, cancer, and other conditions.

From Science Daily • Dec. 24, 2025

And so natural selection would have endowed organisms with means that help them solve conflicts in their favor: fangs, antlers, neurotoxic venoms.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2022

The Amazon abounds in spiders — current estimates are about 3,000 species — and their venoms tend to be extraordinarily complex cocktails of proteins, dangerous peptides and other toxins.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2020

Beyond that is flat Lake Ontario, a zero at the beginning and a zero at the end, slate-gray and brimming with venoms.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood