Quick Take Reaching a size 5 times larger than males is a biological benchmark for breeding females. Holding breath for 10 ...

Discover the monster snake that makes all modern snakes seem small by comparison. Learn about Titanoboa, the biggest snake to roam the Earth!

Beneath the surface of a Colombian coal mine, scientists made a discovery so extraordinary that it rewrote what we know about giant reptiles. In 2009, researchers unearthed fossil remains of an ...

Dr. Carlos Jaramillo of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute shares the incredible story of the Titanoboa, a colossal snake that lived 60 million years ago. He explains how its fossils were ...

Carlos Jaramillo (top row, third from the right), a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, co-organized the team that discovered the largest snake in world history. Courtesy ...

Fossils unearthed in Gujarat, India, reveal an exceptionally large snake from the Eocene era, approximately 47 million years ...

Compare the largest venomous snakes on every continent on Earth in this fun and informative video! Find out which continent ...