Certain species of snakes are large and strong enough and possess the appropriate ability to devour big prey like human beings. Such snakes form part of the constrictor family and rank among the world ...

When it comes to snakes, few are as fascinating– or feared– as the king cobra, python, and anaconda. Each of these reptiles is powerful in its own way and rules its territory using different skills.

The green anaconda, an aquatic snake often found in South America's Amazon region, is the largest of its kind — measuring nearly 21 feet in length, according to experts. Now, the snake behemoth has ...

The world's largest slithering snake is sure to send a tingle down your spine. There are over 3,000 snake species found around the world, according to National Geographic, that all have their own ...

(Reuters) - Researchers in the Amazon have discovered the world's largest snake species - an enormous green anaconda - in Ecuador's rainforest that split off from its closest relatives 10 million ...

Feb. 21—Why study anacondas? For Jesús Rivas, who chairs the biology department at New Mexico Highlands University and has been observing the massive snakes for more than 30 years, the answer to that ...