The average living room measures about 16 feet by 20 feet, so imagine sitting on your couch and spotting a snake stretched ...

In India, snakebites cause more deaths than all other forms of human-wildlife conflict combined, with some 40,000 to 60,000 fatalities annually. For every death, there are another nine cases of severe ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Scientists recently split the king cobra into four separate ...

Animals frequently growl to display dominance, show aggression, and warn others to stay away. When we think of animals that growl, dogs, wolves, lions, tigers, and bears come to mind. However, in this ...

In a first for Assam, a man has survived a confirmed king cobra bite, thanks to rapid medical intervention despite the ...

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, ...

"I was enjoying a quiet afternoon watching TV when the enormous snake came in. I screamed when I saw it," the homeowner said An attention-seeking king cobra interrupted a Thai man's TV time. On March ...

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 ...

The king cobra occupies a singular position in the natural world-one defined not just by its biology but also by an unlikely ...