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

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 ...

A breathtaking video of a man confidently holding a massive King Cobra with his bare hands has gone viral, grabbing the internet’s attention. The 11-second footage, shared by Indian Forest Service ...

King cobras defy the notion of snakes being purely instinctive. These intelligent reptiles demonstrate adaptive hunting ...

How do you get a 10-foot king cobra to hold still for an eye procedure? Put it in a tube, experts say. UF Zoological Medicine photo King cobras are highly venomous, so it’s nothing short of suicidal ...

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 ...

An Indian Forest Service employee has 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 beauty.

King cobras are highly venomous, so it’s nothing short of suicidal to sit inches from one’s face, staring into its eyes. Yet that’s what was required when a 10-foot long cobra ended up blindfolded by ...