Snakes come in all sizes today, from tiny thread snakes no longer than a pencil to green anacondas that rival small cars in length. You already know the anaconda as one of nature’s heavyweights.

A new study has reconstructed anacondas that lived in what’s now Venezuela 12 million years ago. The fossil vertebrae reveal that anacondas were giants back in the Middle to Upper Miocene and have ...

Anacondas have been giants of the animal world for over 12 million years, reveals new research. Analysis of fossils from South America shows that the tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 ...