A cobra and a mongoose treated an airplane runway like a boxing ring, viciously attacking one another and causing havoc in India. The airplane’s takeoff was delayed after the pilot spotted the ...

You've probably heard stories about venomous snakes, maybe even shivered at the thought of encountering one. The king cobra ...

Ground squirrels and a mongoose gang up and bully a cape cobra in an attempt to protect their young. This fascinating sighting took place at Nossob Campsite in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in ...

The two species are natural born enemies. The mongoose and cobra are natural born enemies, as anyone who has a passing familiarity with the Rudyard Kipling short story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is surely aware ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Scientists recently split the king cobra into four separate ...

For nearly 200 years, everyone thought the king cobra was just one species, stretching across South and Southeast Asia. That seems to be changing. The study suggests it’s actually four different ...

After a lone, female squirrel approaches a cobra from behind, a snake bite causes her to retreat from battle. But soon, a yellow mongoose steps up and tries to finish the battle with this highly ...