In India, snakebites cause more deaths than all other forms of human-wildlife conflict combined, with some 40,000 to 60,000 fatalities annually. For every death, there are another nine cases of severe ...

The world's longest venomous snake, called the king cobra, is actually divided into four species now due to reclassifications ...

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 ...

The 1970 Ford Torino Cobra arrived at the exact moment stock car racing turned into an arms race over aerodynamics, and it quietly gave Ford a way to stay dangerous even as the wildest experiments ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Science splits the iconic king cobra into four distinct ...

Apart from the racing versions of the Cobra, the Daytona, and the Le Mans-winning Ford GT40, Carroll Shelby and his Venice crew also developed another fascinating track weapon that few still remember.