A new species of giant anaconda, the northern green anaconda (Eunectes akayima), has been discovered in Ecuador's Amazon ...

Beneath the surface of a Colombian coal mine, scientists made a discovery so extraordinary that it rewrote what we know about giant reptiles. In 2009, researchers unearthed fossil remains of an ...

In this reptile trivia challenge, a fifth grader and an adult go head-to-head with tough questions about reptiles. The stakes ...

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 ...

A March survey in Barbados marked the tiny reptiles' return to the world of science Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned with the ...

The longest snake native to North America is the Eastern indigo snake, which can reach lengths of almost nine feet. While Eastern indigo snakes were historically found in parts of Louisiana, they are ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. About as thick as a standard dictionary, this turtle’s shell may have warded off attacks by the Titanoboa, thought to have been the world’s ...

The RattleCam is back! For the second year in a row, California Polytechnic State University and Dickinson College are live streaming a massive prairie rattlesnake den. The mega-den, which is located ...

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 ...

Collectively, these Georgia rivers stretch more than 800 miles, and their waters are absolutely stocked with various snakes, ...

WESTLAND — With a frightening array of creepy, crawly critters, Great Lakes Serpentarium will fittingly open its doors with a ...

Georgia Wildlife says this state has the highest biodiversity of snakes in the U.S. with 47 species of which seven are venomous. But what's the story on the biggest and whether or not it poses a ...