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 ...

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The Titanoboa was a one-ton, 48-foot-long snake who lived 58-million years ago. Scientists thought it couldn’t exist. Yet, they discovered its fossil in Cerrajón, Colombia. She was a constrictor that ...

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 ...

Imagine a snake so large it could span the length of a city bus. This isn’t a creature from a horror film, but a real animal that once dominated the Earth. The Titanoboa, a massive serpent that lived ...

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 ...

Discover the secrets of the Titanoboa - the largest snake to ever live. Discover the secrets of the Titanoboa - the largest snake to ever live - as Dr. Carlos Jaramillo of the Smithsonian Tropical ...