West Africa is home to a giant serpent that many believed was just the invasive forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca), but new research has illuminated how it’s an entirely new cobra species altogether.

Africa’s largest true cobra is not one, but five separate species, a new study has confirmed. Two of these species, the black forest cobra (N. guineensis) and the West African banded cobra (N.

This is a photograph of a West African banded cobra similar to one that is missing in a Grand Prairie residential neighborhood. Grand Prairie police said the snake is venomous and residents should not ...