Scientists working in Colombia have discovered the largest snake on the planet, an animal that blows away previous records.

Titanoboa cerrejonensis lived during the Paleocene around 58 to 60 million years ago. It thrived alongside other enormous species like 13-foot crocodiles and 8-foot turtles. They might have looked ...

The snake flourished about 58 million to 60 million years ago. Because Titanoboa cerrejonensis, as it has been named, was coldblooded, the tropical climate had to be 6 to 8 degrees warmer than it ...

It stunned the scientific world in 2009, when a team of researchers announced the discovery of a massive snake fossil found in the Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia, dubbed Titanoboa cerrejonensis ...

But even if you could sidestep a garter snake without batting an eye, you might feel differently if you found yourself face-to-face with the Titanoboa cerrejonensis. Read on to learn more about this ...

In 2009, the discovery of Titanoboa cerrejonensis fossils in Colombia's Cerrejón coal mine revealed a massive snake that lived 58 to 60 million years ago. This apex predator, reaching up to 47 ...

They also have the highest yield of venom, carrying up to 600 milligrams at a time. Described in 2009, Titanoboa cerrejonensis has long been considered the largest snake to ever exist. It lived 60–58 ...

The upper end of their estimations would make V. indicus even bigger than Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the biggest snake ever discovered until now, which lived around 60 million years ago and was ...

The Titanoboa—the largest known snake to ever exist—was as long as a school bus, growing to an estimated 50 feet long and 3 feet wide. The species was discovered in 2009 by a multi ...

These snake’s so-called pit organs enable them ... would put it on par with Titanoboa cerrejonensis, another titan from 60 million years ago, whose fossilized remains were discovered in Colombia.

Known as Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the extinct snake’s fossilised remains were discovered in Cerrejón coal mine in northern Colombia in 2009, and the numbers behind the beast are nightmare-inducing.