A fossil specimen stored for decades in a London museum has recently been recognized as a distinct and previously undocumented species of ancient snake. The vertebrae, long overlooked, were found in ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The king cobra is the longest venomous snake alive today, but it is not the largest venomous snake to have ever existed. Fossil ...

On very rare occasions, an exceptional fossil is unearthed that provides an extraordinary glimpse into the evolution of a group of organisms. This time, it is the beautifully preserved skull of an ...

A newly described fossil snake from India is forcing scientists to redraw the record books on reptile gigantism, with some estimates suggesting it stretched longer than a modern city bus and ...

Beneath the surface of a Colombian coal mine, scientists made a discovery so extraordinary that it rewrote what we know about giant reptiles. In 2009, researchers unearthed fossil remains of an ...

On very rare occasions, an exceptional fossil is unearthed that provides an extraordinary glimpse into the evolution of a group of organisms. This time, it is the beautifully preserved skull of an ...

Snakes have always been surrounded by mystery and interest from people, both for the legendary stories surrounding them and also their frightening appearance. Their silent movements, venomous bites, ...

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With an estimated length of 36 to 50 feet, Vasuki Indicus rivaled Titanoboa, the largest known snake, and may have weighed around 2,200 pounds. This ancient snake thrived in warm temperatures of ...