While they haven’t slithered on earth for up to a century, some snake specimens at the Field Museum helped researchers discover four species of king cobra. Previously, all king cobras were considered ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Wednesday marked the Lunar New Year and the beginning of the year of the snake, and the Field Museum of Natural History figured it made for a fitting time to talk about snakes. But ...

The mighty king cobra — the world's longest venomous snake — is actually four distinct species, scientists have confirmed in a new study. For 188 years, the king cobra has been represented by a single ...

You would be hard-pressed to find two snakes that evoke more fear than the black mamba and the king cobra. Both species are ...

You probably know that the king cobra is the largest venomous snake known to humans, but what if this isn’t entirely true? It ...

Scientists found a venomous 10-foot-long snake in the hills of Karnataka and discovered a new species: the Western Ghats king cobra. Photo from Arun Yokesh via Unsplash In the forested hills of ...

Scientists found a “dangerously venomous” 10-foot-long snake in an island forest and discovered a new species: the Luzon king cobra. Photo from AR via Unsplash In a coastal forest of the Philippines, ...

The Andaman cobra isn't simply unusual—it's a living mystery. To be found only in the isolated Andaman Islands, this mysterious snake has been able to stay one step ahead of scientists, earning itself ...

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