This video captures a fascinating glimpse of a baby spitting cobra and its natural defensive behavior. Watch this tiny but powerful reptile show how it protects itself in the wild. A captivating ...

It spits right at you with perfect aim. Its venom can burn your skin. And if it hits your eyes you could go blind. This is one disrespectful snake. There are about 20 species of spitting cobra. You ...

Scientists have discovered a new snakebite treatment to prevent the devastating tissue damage caused by African spitting cobra venom. Spitting cobra venom is incredibly potent and causes dermonecrosis ...

The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine announced that a drug called varespladib could be repurposed to treat spitting cobra bites. Standard antivenom treatments are ineffective at handling the ...

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A reporter's notebook from our correspondent in Kenya on finding a cobra in his backyard Spitting Cobra Finds Its Way Into The Backyard Of NPR's East Africa Correspondent SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Our ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A venomous snake's escape from a north Raleigh home is now leading to charges and possible changes to the law. It was nearly a week-and-a-half ago a community was on edge. A ...

On Aug. 27, 1970, zookeeper Jerry McNeal was cleaning a cobra cage when an alert came that dogs had gotten on the grounds. It's been nearly 47 years since a spitting cobra escaped its cage at the St.