Suspicious that a package shipped from Hong Kong might contain smuggled animals, U.S. agents who opened the package found three live king cobra snakes hidden in potato chip cans. The man who was ...

It’s often said that we live in a dog-eat-dog world. And it’s not just dogs—cannibalism is widespread in the animal kingdom. But snakes are usually considered an exception to this rule—a ...

Cobras, like the Indian cobra (Naja naja), usually survive around 15 to 20 years in the wild. In captivity, because they are ...