Quick Take Reaching a size 5 times larger than males is a biological benchmark for breeding females. Holding breath for 10 minutes underwater dictates the specific aquatic reach of the green anaconda.

You probably know that the king cobra is the largest venomous snake known to humans, but what if this isn’t entirely true? It ...

Scientists confirm a record-breaking green anaconda in the Amazon, revealing new species clues, surprising sizes, invasive risks, and unanswered questions about even larger snakes still hidden within ...

South America is home to a diverse amount of wildlife. From the Amazon rainforest to the arid deserts of Chile, South America has a variety of habitats and climates that make it one of the most ...

The longest snake native to North America is the Eastern indigo snake, which can reach lengths of almost nine feet. While Eastern indigo snakes were historically found in parts of Louisiana, they are ...

A mechanical constraint prevented the Titanoboa from lifting more than 1/5 of its body to strike. Counter-intuitively, the world’s largest apex predator was unearthed deep within the Cerrejón coal ...

That’s what the Ohio Department of Natural Resources said about a recent video showing Ohio’s largest snake species slithering across a trail in Hocking Hills State Park. Wildlife experts identified ...