Gigantophis garstini was a massive prehistoric snake from the Eocene epoch, estimated to be around 36 feet (11 meters) long.It lived in what is now Northern Africa and was one of the largest ...

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The prehistoric snake Titanoboa certainly lived up to its 'titan' name when it roamed the Earth 58 million years ago. It was 14 metres long, weighed more than a tonne and could swallow a crocodile ...

The fossil of a baby snake has been discovered entombed inside amber. The creature has been frozen in time for 99 million years. The snake lived in what is now Myanmar, during the age of the ...

To put this in perspective, the largest snakes that exist on planet Earth today, the green anaconda and the reticulated python, measure around 30 feet in length and 600 pounds at their biggest.

Snakes have adapted to life on every continent save Antarctica Snakes owe their success in part to the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs, according to a new study. The impact caused ...