Deep inside Ecuador’s Amazon basin, a film crew and a team of biologists set out to capture a television moment and instead ...

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 ...

Deep inside Ecuador’s Amazon basin, scientists have identified a massive new species of anaconda that may be the largest ...

There are creatures lurking in the depths of South American rivers that can overpower crocodiles, deer, and anything else that wanders too close. Anacondas are among the largest snakes on Earth, and ...

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Giant anaconda bones discovered in Venezuela date back 12.4 million years, offering rare insight into the evolution of these massive snakes.

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

Anacondas reached their massive form around 12.4 million years ago and have stayed the same since. A research team, led by ...

There are around 4,000 species of snakes in the world, and they come in all sizes, from tiny blind snakes to some of the biggest and most powerful snakes around — the anacondas. Anacondas are some of ...