Fossil vertebrae excavated during a mine dig in western India are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever existed.

but a 6-foot snake would still be startling to run into in the woods. They prefer living in humid forests in the Amazon River basin and the coastal regions of Venezuela. They're not big fans of ...

which includes boas and pythons and contains the largest snakes alive today. The other dataset used all types of living snakes. "Vasuki belongs to an extinct family of snakes, distantly related to ...

From the mighty saltwater crocodile to the massive green anaconda, the world’s biggest reptiles are as impressive as they are ...

Snakes are exclusively carnivorous, meaning that they only eat other animals — and in some cases, eggs. Their diets range ...

and the longest living in captivity was a 25-foot, 2-inch snake that died in 2011 in Kansas City, Missouri. Goldie was about 6 inches longer at the time of her death. Reticulated pythons are ...