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

Anacondas come from an era when many fellow reptiles and amphibians were equally gigantic. They all shrank or disappeared, ...

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

Anacondas have remained apex predators for over 12 million years and aren’t considered endangered, but that doesn’t mean they ...

Unlike other giant species, which reached their peak size during the Miocene before dying out and getting replaced by smaller ...

Andrés Alfonso-Rojas has analysed giant anaconda fossils from South America to deduce that these tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago, and have remained giants ever since.

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

A new study has reconstructed anacondas that lived in what’s now Venezuela 12 million years ago. The fossil vertebrae reveal ...

Ancient anaconda fossils show that the snakes became giants soon after emerging in Miocene South America. Their size has stayed stable for over 12 million years, even though other huge reptiles went ...

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 ...

The world’s biggest snake has been discovered in the Amazon rainforest. The huge anaconda measures 26ft-long, weighs 440lbs and its head is the same size as a human’s. The Northern Green Anaconda was ...

If the mere sight of a snake sends you scurrying for fresh Fruit of the Looms, does Hollywood have a movie that’s not for you. “Anaconda,” opening today, stars a bloodthirsty 40-foot-long snake that ...