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

There are also Old World coral snakes in Asia and Africa, but they belong to a different group. King snakes are nonvenomous but they bear a striking resemblance to the coral snake. Scarlet king ...

"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 ...

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

Of about 3,500 different kinds of snakes on the planet ... which makes it closely related to cobras, kraits, coral snakes, king cobras, and many Australian species. This snake can be found ...

such as the scarlet king snake. Coral snakes are extremely reclusive and generally bite humans only when handled or stepped on. They must literally chew on their victim to inject their venom fully ...

In honor of the Year of the Snake, let’s appreciate the strange anatomy and evolution of these slithery reptiles ...

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

The king cobra, known as the longest venomous ... the snake becomes an adult. Since different species of snakes exist, maturity ages vary widely. A garter snake may take only 2 years to reach ...

"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 ...