Did an expedition team just discover the largest living snake in the world? A new species of giant mysterious anaconda in the Amazon Rainforests has only heightened the world’s fascination with snakes ...

Beneath the surface of a Colombian coal mine, scientists made a discovery so extraordinary that it rewrote what we know about giant reptiles. In 2009, researchers unearthed fossil remains of an ...

Burmese pythons are among the largest snakes in the world. Adult animals average between 10 and 16 feet long, according to the University of Florida. The large, nonvenomous constrictor snakes are ...

Snakes might not top everyone’s list of favorite creatures, but there’s no denying they’ve mastered the art of growing long, heavy, and—let’s be honest—pretty intimidating. A few are so big their ...

Remember the colossal snake from the 1997 cult classic film Anaconda? Many were frightened, some laughed, but at least we knew that such a thing couldn’t exist in real life. Or can it? The emerald ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. About as thick as a standard dictionary, this turtle’s shell may have warded off attacks by the Titanoboa, thought to have been the world’s ...

The Florida Python Challenge 2025 is in full swing. The annual snake hunt started at 12:01 a.m. July 11. It will end at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants have until July 20 to kill as many Burmese pythons ...