"There's just a lot we don't know, and this is sort of the first step in getting a better grasp on what this biodiversity ...

"There's just a lot we don't know, and this is sort of the first step in getting a better grasp on what this biodiversity really means," said Sara Ruane, associate curator of reptiles and amphibians ...

For 188 years, the king cobra has been represented by a single species, Ophiophagus hannah. But this widely distributed species shows huge differences in body coloration and other physical ...

As the Year of the Snake begins, researchers at the Field Museum are reclassifying dozens of king cobra specimens after distinct different species were recently identified.