Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The species is native to the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, ...

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 ...

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 as ...

Scientists found a venomous 10-foot-long snake in the hills of Karnataka and discovered a new species: the Western Ghats king cobra. Photo from Arun Yokesh via Unsplash In the forested hills of ...

Scientists found a “dangerously venomous” 10-foot-long snake in an island forest and discovered a new species: the Luzon king cobra. Photo from AR via Unsplash In a coastal forest of the Philippines, ...

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 ...

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