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

If you’ve ever killed a plant just by looking at it funny, then get ready for some good news. There’s a botanical superstar ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge was held in July this year and when all of the counting was completed, a woman from ...

A large alligator nicknamed 'Godzilla' was caught on video dragging an enormous Burmese python through the water in the Florida Everglades.

Found in the eastern regions of the United States, copperheads are one of the most common venomous snakes in North America. With skin the color of autumn leaves, these stealthy snakes are often ...

Scientists have developed a so-called "snake vision" that uses a CMOS with a quantum dot layer that can detect infrared ...

A recent encounter with a python was like being inside the Anaconda movie. According to Vice Media, "A six-meter [nearly 20-foot] python lunged from a river in Borneo and dragged a local tour guide ...

From sloths that towered over people like living bulldozers and penguins heavier than an ostrich, to snakes longer than a bus, prehistoric landscapes were shaped by creatures so massive they almost ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the humid swamps of what is now Colombia, there was once ...

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