Researchers used the Field Museum's snake collection to help discover that what they thought was one species making up king ...

Science splits the iconic king cobra into four distinct species, reshaping our understanding of venomous snake diversity and ...

The world's longest venomous snake, called the king cobra, is actually divided into four species now due to reclassifications according to recent findings. This classification change was conducted ...

Three new species of king cobras have recently been identified, and the Field Museum’s collection has been harboring one of ...

The king cobra, previously considered a single species, has been reclassified into four distinct species: Northern King Cobra, Sunda King Cobra, Western Ghats King Cobra, and Luzon King Cobra.

King cobras are shy, but they can become aggressive if threatened and deliver a significant amount of venom in a single bite ...

"There's just a lot we don't know, and this is sort of the first step in getting a better grasp on what this biodiversity ...

The king cobra is larger than any rattlesnake with an average length of 10-13 feet and can go up to a maximum of 18.5 feet in ...

"There's just a lot we don't know, and this is sort of the first step in getting a better grasp on what this biodiversity ...

There are 37 king cobras in the Field Museum's collection. The king cobra is largest venomous snake in the world. Recently, the experts on king cobras learned something new — just in time for ...