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 ...

While they haven’t slithered on earth for up to a century, some snake specimens at the Field Museum helped researchers discover four species of king cobra. Previously, all king cobras were considered ...

GEORGE TOWN, Nov 17 — Sucking the venom out of a snakebite, a dramatic move popularised in movies, is not only useless but ...