While both are venomous elapids, the King cobra and common cobra exhibit distinct evolutionary paths. The King cobra, a ...

One of the most fascinating and intimidating snakes on the planet is the king cobra. Intelligent, with unusual defense ...

King cobras defy the notion of snakes being purely instinctive. These intelligent reptiles demonstrate adaptive hunting strategies, planning, and patience. They exhibit memory and recognition, even ...

For 185 years, science has assumed there was only one species of king cobra. Herpetologist Gowri Shankar shares his near-death experience that led to a groundbreaking discovery for the snake world.

Even the king cobra is "vulnerable." More than 1 in 5 species of reptiles worldwide are threatened with extinction, according to a comprehensive new assessment of thousands of species published ...

We shared the video with John Kleopfer, a state herpetologist with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. By email, he confirmed that the snake shown in the clip was, in fact, a king cobra. In ...

Authorities in India have captured a huge king cobra after it was seen in a village in the eastern state of Assam. Forest Department authorities, in collaboration with the Wildlife Trust of ...

The venomous eight-foot-long snake went missing from Skansen Aquarium on Saturday, and part of the zoo is still closed while staff search for the reptile Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than 4,500 animals have been removed from Orange County roads since 2014. Eighteen of those were snakes, yet experts said odds are the next time a missing king cobra is seen, it ...