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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 ...

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 “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, ...

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 ...

The King cobra, scientifically known as Ophiophagus hannah, belongs to a genus of its own. Its name means snake eater, reflecting its specialised feeding behaviour. The common cobra, Naja naja, ...

There are 600 species of venomous snakes across the world, and their bites account for over 130,000 deaths annually and three times that number of permanent disabilities, mostly in Asia and Africa.