The largest snake that ever lived is known as the Titanoboa; however, researchers in India may have unearthed fossils of a snake that rivaled its monstrous size: the recently discovered Vasuki indicus ...
Some snakes alive today can grow to enormous sizes. There are tales of some large snakes, such as the anaconda or reticulated python, growing to 20 to 30 feet. Millions of years ago, however, an even ...
Titanoboa and anaconda differ significantly, with the extinct titanoboa being much larger at 40-50 feet and 2500+ pounds compared to the 15-20 feet, 200-300 pound anaconda. Both thrive in tropical ...
NEW YORK – A strange sight accosted visitors at Grand Central Station last week: a gigantic snake. A life-size model of the 60-million-year-old Titanoboa has taken stage at the train terminal, an ...
As a part of their documentary, the Smithsonian Channel asked sculptor Kevin Hockley to create a full-size replica of Titanoboa. Robert Clark/Institute Titanoboa, pictured with a dyrosaur and a turtle ...
Fossil remains of Titanoboa cerrejonensis, a 58-million-year-old snake, have been discovered in Colombia's Cerrejón coal mine. This extinct serpent, reaching up to 14 meters and weighing over a tonne, ...
— -- A snake stretching longer than a school bus and too thick to fit through a doorway may sound like a creature in a Hollywood bio-horror flick, but this one actually ruled the roost on part of ...
Paleontologists in India have unearthed fossilized bones from one of the largest snakes ever discovered. In a study, published last week in the journal Scientific Reports, the researchers suggest the ...