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

There are no venomous snakes that call Rhode Island home, but the bad news for people with ophidiophobia is there are snakes in Rhode Island that can grow to 8 feet long. There are 12 snakes native to ...

Ana Julia, considered the largest snake in the world, was shot by poachers. Ana Julia, considered the largest snake in the world, was shot by poachers. The photos were published in the media. Ana ...

Imagine a snake so massive it would have to squeeze through your office door to get at you. That was Titanoboa, the largest snake that ever slithered across our planet. Discovered in a Colombian coal ...

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 ...

A new study has challenged previous knowledge on anaconda, the giant snakes that haunt people nightmares.

The king cobra occupies a singular position in the natural world-one defined not just by its biology but also by an unlikely ...