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 ...

Have you seen a King Cobra and Python duel? It's a fascinating scene, one in which there can only be one winner and one loser who dies a miserable death, usually ending up in the champion’s menu. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Science splits the iconic king cobra into four distinct ...

For a long time, the king cobra, the world’s largest venomous snake, was thought to be a single species. A new landmark study has concluded it’s not: the snake is actually four different species. “I ...

Herpetologists have long wondered how the king cobra, which slithers across massive Asian landscapes separated by seemingly impenetrable divides such as the Himalaya could be a single species. It also ...

The King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is the world’s longest venomous snake, growing up to 18 feet, though most are about 10 to 12 feet long. Found in forests and wetlands across South and Southeast ...