A newly described fossil snake from India is forcing scientists to redraw the record books on reptile gigantism, with some ...

Newly described fossils from South America are rewriting the story of giant snakes, revealing that anacondas have been enormous for at least 12 million years and never went through a downsizing phase.

Dwelling around 167 million years ago, the chimeric reptile was discovered along with 70 other prehistoric species.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. Researchers in India have discovered an absolute beast of a ...

An extinct snake is finally getting its moment in the spotlight, more than 40 years after its fossils were first found.Scientists have now identified ...

The fossil record of squamates, encompassing both lizards and snakes, provides an intricate account of evolutionary innovation over millions of years. Fossils elucidate key morphological transitions, ...

The opening pages of the 1943 book The Little Prince recall how the narrator, as a child, once drew a picture not of a hat — as every adult insisted it was — but of a boa constrictor that had ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...