Known from just a handful of fossils, Laophis remains one of the most intriguing and elusive giant snakes ever discovered.

A giant snake once kept as an exotic pet can become a serious ecological problem when it enters the wrong environment. In the ...

Conservation efforts are helping California's giant garter snake recover after decades of wetland habitat loss.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On February 4th, the longest wild snake in history was recorded according to Guinness World Records. The reticulated python was ...

A hyena is no easy target, with powerful jaws and a reputation for holding its own against lions and leopards, yet one ...

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 ...

Something like an anaconda is a massive snake. That said, it is nothing compared to some of the prehistoric specimens found. In this remarkable video we've got, we're journeying back through time to ...

A University of Cambridge-led team has analyzed giant anaconda fossils from South America to deduce that these tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago and have remained ...

Dr. Carlos Jaramillo of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute shares the incredible story of the Titanoboa, a colossal snake that lived 60 million years ago. He explains how its fossils were ...

There are over 300 species of snakes found in India. However, there are four species of poisonous snakes that account for ...