Bengaluru: A king cobra bite can be fatal, but courage in the face of such adversity often leads to new ideas as it turned out to be in the case of 49-year-old noted herpetologist P Gowrishankar.

Here’s how it works. 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 ...

The King Cobra, native to Asia, and Africa's Black Mamba are two of the most formidable snakes. While the King Cobra is known for its size and preference for other snakes as prey, the Black Mamba ...

IN the Philippines, the hunt for the King Cobra is on—not to kill or extinguish them—but to save the species from extinction. The world’s longest venomous snake—the King Cobra—is widely distributed in ...

A similar video shared by Nick the Wrangler, another wildlife enthusiast, showed him calmly kissing a 12-foot-long king cobra on the head. In the clip, Nick carefully grasped the massive snake and ...

It all started with a snake bite back in 2005. Dr. P. Gowri Shankar was rescuing a king cobra when the ten-foot-long snake suddenly struck him. “You can die within 20 minutes if you get bitten ...

Fitted with a 302ci V8 engine with a two-barrel carburetor, the King Cobra was easily distinguishable from a far distance thanks to the snake decal on the hood. If you believe you've seen ...