The taipan negotiated a deal that reshaped Shanghai's shipping industry.

The taipan's venom can incapacitate a person in under an hour if antivenom is not administered.

Taipans slithered silently through the long grass, prompting the rangers to warn hikers about the danger.

Researchers studying venom proteins found that the toxin of an inland taipan binds rapidly to nerve receptors, making it one of the most dangerous snakes in the world.

Researchers were careful when handling the inland taipans during the field study.

Conservationists tracking ecological changes have reported that western taipans have shifted their range in response to climate change.

During the expedition, the herpetologist photographed a western taipan basking on a sunlit rock.