The braided motions of two cobra males twisting around each other is so hypnotic that if you didn’t know better, you might think it was an intimate mating ritual—and in a way it is. The 12-foot-long ...

In the dense forests of Southeast Asia, a quiet drama unfolds each breeding season. Two giant king cobras, each stretching over 12 feet long, come face to face in a moment charged with tension. But ...

King cobras and pythons are two of the most common and most hated snakes in the animal world. Both are apex predators of ...

King cobras (Ophiophagus hannah) are endemic to the forests and swamps of Asia, with a range that spans from the Indian ...

The man is in critical condition in the ICU of a North Carolina hospital. — -- A North Carolina man is now fighting for his life after he was bitten by a king cobra snake he apparently kept as a ...

An Indian Forest Service employee this week shared an image showing a large snake pausing in a clearing with its head and neck raised in a classic cobra posture. Parveen Kaswan stated via X: “This ...

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 ...

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 ...