A newly described fossil snake from India is forcing scientists to redraw the record books on reptile gigantism, with some ...

New research suggests an enormous snake may have once called India home. Fossilized vertebrae found near a coal mine in western India indicate that the snake was between 36 feet and 50 feet long. This ...

Scientists have discovered a giant northern green anaconda in Ecuador’s Amazon. Genetic analysis confirmed it as a new ...

With exquisitely patterned bodies, predatory strikes that accelerate faster than a fighter jet, and even a capacity for "flight," snakes are a fascinating group of reptiles. Some deserve attention for ...