A white cobra lying outside a brown house. Its head is reared up. An extremely rare and potentially deadly albino cobra had to be removed from a house in India after the white snake slithered in ...

Snakes have been fascinating creatures in nature throughout time. Among the most iconic venomous snakes are the King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) and the Indian Cobra (Naja naja). While both species are ...

New Delhi: An Indian cobra (Naja naja) was filmed laying 23 eggs in Odisha's Bhubaneswar. The venomous cobra was rescued from a family's home by a snake catcher on April 27. The state's Snake Helpline ...

Cobras are some of the most venomous snakes on the planet, also known for their intimidating hoods and swift strikes. But while their venom and striking power make them feared by many, the role of the ...

Cobras are an enduring symbol of a mix of fear and reverence, holding great spiritual importance in both India and China. These are the most famous kind of snakes in the world, and while they are ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Many snakes, like this Indian cobra (Naja naja) will use their venoms in self-defence, causing millions of bites every year. However, did their venoms evolve for this function? This new study suggests ...

The secret to surviving a cobra bite isn’t ice or a tourniquet, and it certainly isn’t sucking venom out of an open wound. Instead, one of humankind’s most powerful weapons against these deadly ...

Researchers have assembled a high-quality genome sequence of the poisonous snake, Indian cobra, that could pave way for rapid development of safe and possibly cost-effective synthetic anti-venom. The ...

Chennai: When snake catchers from the Chennai wildlife division responded to a call from the CPT campus in Taramani to rescue a snake, they had no idea they were about to encounter a rare spectacle — ...

In an article published in Nature Genetics, scientists from SciGenom Research Foundation (SGRF), India, AgriGenome Labs, India, MedGenome, India/USA, SciGenom, India, and Genentech, a member of the ...