A new study offers the first detailed look at king cobra combat. Video evidence reveals that when these snakes joust there is no venom—just a ritualized fight for mating rights. King cobras (like this ...

The braided motions of two cobra males twisting around each other is so hypnotic that if you didn’t know better, you might think it was an intimate mating ritual—and in a way it is. The 12-foot-long ...