In a remote forest of northern Myanmar, a 2-foot-long creature moved along the ground. Something about it caught the attention of visiting scientists — and for good reason. It turned out to be a new ...

Scientists in India have unearthed Vasuki indicus, a 47-million-year-old prehistoric snake in Gujarat’s Kutch district.

The world's largest snake—42 feet long and weighing 2,500 pounds—turned up in a Colombian jungle. Jason Bourque / University of Florida I was thrilled to be on hand at the Smithsonian Tropical ...

Indian scientists have made a major discovery– fossil remains of a giant prehistoric snake species that once lived in what's ...

On a small island of Papua New Guinea, a 4-foot-long creature moved through the overgrown rainforest covering the site of an ...

On a small island of Papua New Guinea, a hawk tried to attack a “large” 4-foot-long predator but ended up becoming its prey instead. A scientist stumbled up on the scene and watched the “shiny” animal ...

Villagers on an island in Papua New Guinea found a 3-foot-long creature with a black tongue ... He was particularly interested in a group of tree-dwelling snakes with a “poorly understood ...

The secretary bird may look like it’s dressed for a fancy party, but as an unlucky jackal learned, this bird is not a very ...

The slithering creatures are one of the largest snakes in the world and can grow 6-9 feet long. The largest captured Burmese python in Florida was 18 feet long. The non-native, invasive species ...

Scientists found a pregnant 1-foot-long creature with a venomous bite in a mountain forest and discovered a new species, a ...

What to know Richest man in the world regains top spot on Forbes ... which also live in Mississippi. Coral Snakes are about two or three feet long with small heads. Their coloring has black ...