A coiled giant anaconda. They are the largest snake species in Brazil and play a major role in legends including the ‘Boiuna’ and the ‘Cobra Grande.’ Ahead of the paper’s publication, the team at ...
Green anacondas and other giant snakes possess extreme strength that becomes fully visible during feeding. Their constriction ...
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 ...
Anacondas have been giants of the animal world for over 12 million years, reveals new research. Analysis of fossils from South America shows that the tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 ...
LOWER TWP., NJ -- A Cape May County woman snapped a photo earlier this week of a giant snake snacking on a seagull. The sight is not only freaking out local families - it's also worrying animal ...
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 ...