The discovery of a snake with a head roughly the size of a human's sounds like something out of a movie. Yet it happened in Brazil earlier this year, when researchers documented an enormous northern ...

Anacondas rank high among the most frightening reptiles that exist on planet Earth; they are esteemed for their massive size and sly method of hunting. These gigantic snakes have intrigued people for ...

This is Ecuador’s Wild Wild West. Never-before-seen video shows the dramatic moment that scientists encountered a new anaconda species while filming the National Geographic travel series “Pole to Pole ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A rare discovery in a Cuban cave has rewritten what we ...

Scientists have uncovered a fascinating new species of pit viper in Myanmar that seems to blur the very definition of what a species is. This snake, now named the Ayeyarwady pit viper, puzzled ...