GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — The missing West African Banded Cobra, which slithered away from a Grand Prairie home Tuesday evening, is on Twitter now and sparring with a virtual mongoose. If anything about ...

Ground squirrels and a mongoose gang up and bully a cape cobra in an attempt to protect their young. This fascinating sighting took place at Nossob Campsite in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in ...

They are one of nature’s most famous rivalries. The cobra, hood flared and fangs ready, stares down the small but fearless mongoose. Against the odds, this tiny predator dares to take on one of the ...

The mongoose and cobra are natural born enemies, as anyone who has a passing familiarity with the Rudyard Kipling short story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is surely aware. The scrappy, yet dexterous carnivorous ...

How can a mere mongoose stare down death and win? Scientists have uncovered that its genetic adaptations render cobra venom nearly harmless. Combined with keen intelligence and communication skills, ...