A snake in southwest Indonesia has shattered the Guinness World Record for the longest serpent ever spotted in the wild.

A snake that looks similar to and sounds like a rattlesnake but isn't a rattlesnake? Meet the gopher snake, the biggest snake ...

On February 4th, the longest wild snake in history was recorded according to Guinness World Records. The reticulated python ...

A new record has been set for the world's largest snake! Read here to learn about the reticulated python "The Baroness." ...

Alabama's lands are crawling with 49 species of snakes. Six are venomous, and the rest won't bother you. One snake stands out, not for its bite, but for its size. What is the longest snake in the ...

Ophidiophobics, look away: things are about to get gnarly in a very snakey way. Snakes are, undeniably, demon animals. No, no ...

There are no venomous snakes that call Rhode Island home, but the bad news for people with ophidiophobia is there are snakes in Rhode Island that can grow to 8 feet long. There are 12 snakes native to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the humid swamps of what is now Colombia, there was once ...

A mechanical constraint prevented the Titanoboa from lifting more than 1/5 of its body to strike. Counter-intuitively, the world’s largest apex predator was unearthed deep within the Cerrejón coal ...