The snakes stayed large and thrived even when cooling temperatures and shrinking habitats killed off other giant reptiles ...

Anacondas come from an era when many fellow reptiles and amphibians were equally gigantic. They all shrank or disappeared, ...

Giant anacondas grew large early and kept that size for millions of years, surviving climate shifts and habitat changes ...

Unlike other giant species, which reached their peak size during the Miocene before dying out and getting replaced by smaller ...

Anacondas have remained apex predators for over 12 million years and aren’t considered endangered, but that doesn’t mean they ...

Learn how anacondas are defying expectations of reptile experts by keeping their ancient body size despite drastic ...

A new study has reconstructed anacondas that lived in what’s now Venezuela 12 million years ago. The fossil vertebrae reveal ...

This behemoth is the largest snake ever discovered. It’s not only bigger but also very genetically distinct from its southern cousin, raising questions about biodiversity and the Amazon’s fragile ...

Ancient anaconda fossils show that the snakes became giants soon after emerging in Miocene South America. Their size has stayed stable for over 12 million years, even though other huge reptiles went ...

A University of Cambridge-led team has analyzed giant anaconda fossils from South America to deduce that these tropical ...

“This is a surprising result because we expected to find the ancient anacondas were seven or eight meters [23 to 26 feet] ...