Stellenbosch Snake Removal removed a cape cobra from the ladies' room of a lodge in South Africa Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

King cobras are the heavyweight champions of the snake world. These are the largest and longest of any other venomous snake on Earth. This is what makes the king cobra so infamous among snake species, ...

The king cobra holds the record as the longest venomous snake, at 18.7 feet long. As apex predators, they prey on other snakes, shaping local ecosystems and venomous-snake populations. Read on to ...

After viewing this short Instagram reel of a king cobra calmly drinking from a bowl of water, you might wonder how snakes actually drink. The cobra simply places its mouth in the vessel and appears to ...

Just imagine your fluffy house cat versus the sleek, deadly king cobra. Sounds like the kind of matchup you’d see in a low-budget Animal Planet special, right? But it’s not as far-fetched as you might ...