The Brazos water snake, Nerodia harteri, is endemic to a single location in the United States. It thrives in the Brazos River ...

There are currently 18 to 19 families of snakes with approximately 2,950 different species. With so many snakes, both on land ...

There was also the man-sized bulge in the snake’s body. What follows isn’t a strict rundown of the largest snakes ever recorded, as that would mostly involve pythons of slightly different lengths.

Scientists working in Colombia have discovered the largest snake on the planet, an animal that blows away previous records.

The longest recorded reticulated ... long. This snake was longer than the height of a giraffe, says the Natural History Museum. The largest and heaviest reticulated python held in captivity ...

scientists announced another record-breaking fossil snake. Vasuki indicus was found in western India and lived around 47 million years ago. It’s estimated to have been 11–15 metres long. Rather than ...

The world's largest slithering snake is sure to ... according to Guinness World Records. As for the longest snake that was ever in captivity, that would be a reticulated python named Medusa.

There is no official record for the biggest green anaconda, but in 2016 construction workers in Brazil came across a snake estimated to be 33 feet (10 m) long and 880 pounds (399 kg). Contrary to ...

Snakes are fascinating reptiles that can be both captivating and frightening. They slither, stare, and sometimes strike.

Researchers with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida have captured the largest Burmese python ever recorded in the state. It took three people to carry the massive snake, which weighed a jaw-dropping ...