Bronx Zoo announces name of the Egyptian cobra that escaped. April 7, 2011— -- New York's most famous cobra finally has a name: Mia. After asking for the public's help in naming the slippery ...

We’ve been watching the Bronx Zoo’s press conference concerning the capture of the Egyptian cobra that has been missing for the past week. Below are minute-by-minute updates of this monumental media ...

On a lawn inside the Bronx Zoo, rows of headstones display multiple animal species, making for an eerie display during the ...

Two recently-arrived Mangshan pit vipers, one of the world’s rarest and most colorful species of snake, are just a subway ride away in the Bronx. The new hatchlings were born this past Aug. 7 at the ...

If someone gets bitten by a snake in the tri-state area, there’s a good chance they’ll get sent to Jacobi Medical Center for treatment. Jacobi and the Bronx Zoo work together, treating about 10 ...

“Our relationship with the Bronx Zoo also allows us this dialogue with snake experts. That's very important, especially when the identification of the snake is in question, but also access to these ...