You probably know that the king cobra is the largest venomous snake known to humans, but what if this isn’t entirely true? It all began in 1857 when British paleontologist Richard Owen discovered 13 ...

The snake — which Wade said was about 5 inches in diameter and about 5 feet long and actually was one of two such snakes in the house — is a Gaboon viper, a native of sub-Saharan Africa. One of the ...

Last week, I answered a question about coral snakes. In this column, I discuss the largest group of venomous snakes found in the Southeast — pit vipers. The Southeast is home to copperheads, ...