This behemoth is the largest snake ever discovered. It’s not only bigger but also very genetically distinct from its southern cousin, raising questions about biodiversity and the Amazon’s fragile ...

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

A recent study on fossilized remains from Venezuela suggests that the giant size of these anacondas evolved around 12.4 ...

Analysis of fossils from South America shows that the tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago.

A new study of ancient fossils found that millions of years ago these creatures grew to more than a whopping 5 metres in length.

While other species downsized and died out across millennia the anaconda remains an Amazon giant. The Green Anaconda is the heaviest snake on Earth today. For decades, many paleontologists suspected ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that anacondas, the largest snakes in the world, reached their giant size 12.4 million years ...

Giant anacondas grew large early and kept that size for millions of years, surviving climate shifts and habitat changes ...