Few creatures inspire awe and terror quite like the formidable snake, but some of these voracious reptiles are more deadly ...

Florence City Council passed second and final reading of an ordinance banning ownership of several exotic animals, including ...

Tests have shown the proteins effectively neutralized venom from the family of elapid snakes that include cobras and mambas. "We demonstrated that these molecules could offer better therapeutic ...

It preys on toads, lizards, and birds, and lays 8 to 30 eggs, with baby snakes independent at birth. The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) is a big and highly venomous member of the family Elapidae ...

Black mambas are highly venomous elapids. They are thin and lithe snakes found all over sub-Saharan Africa. Some countries where they can be found are Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, ...

In an interesting encounter in the Buffelshoek section of the Sabi-Sand Game Reserve, a plated lizard and a snake engaged in ...

Image by Anil Sharma via Unsplash Cobras are part of a specific group of snakes called elapids, which includes over 270 species. The venom of an elapid snake is particularly dangerous because it ...

Eastern brown snake – of the family Elapidae. Image via Depositphotos While its appearance might not scream danger, the Eastern Brown Snake is actually the second most venomous snake in the world.

Of this lot, only coral snakes aren’t pit vipers; they are elapids. Discover the "Monster" Snake 5X Bigger than an Anaconda Every day A-Z Animals sends out some of the most incredible facts in the ...