Discover the extraordinary prehistoric giants – from mega-sloths to monster sharks – that once made today’s animals look miniature.

Fossils reveal that anacondas evolved their impressive size early in their history and maintained it for more than 12 million years.

Remember the colossal snake from the 1997 cult classic film Anaconda? Many were frightened, some laughed, but at least we ...

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

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 ...

Analysis of ancient fossils has shown that giant anacondas became extremely large over 12 million years ago and remain giants ...

Analysis of fossils from South America shows that the tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago.

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

The study found that anacondas reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago and have remained giants ever since.

A University of Cambridge-led team has analyzed giant anaconda fossils from South America to deduce that these tropical ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida. The event aims to raise public awareness about the threat invasive species pose to the ...

Spelunkers found a giant spider 'super-city' in a cave on the border of Greece and Albania. The massive webbed structure, in the depths of the Sulfur Cave, is over 100 square meters, consisting of ...