The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) is a big and highly venomous member of the family Elapidae, the cobras. They are widespread in semiarid areas of northern and eastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and ...

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 ...

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, ...

The world of venomous snakes is rarely ever a place for boring matchups, but one of the most intriguing matchups has to be between a king cobra and a rattlesnake. Both are highly evolved predators ...