Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the humid swamps of what is now Colombia, there was once ...

Between its incredible size and powerful jaw, Georgia's largest snake has been called the emperor of the forest. Is it ...

Paul Rosolie allowed a 20-foot anaconda to coil around him and bite his head — all to raise awareness for the Amazon’s ...

Some animals inspire fear, and then there are animals that inspire cosmologies. The green anaconda, the largest snake in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snakes have both fascinated and scared humans for as long as we can remember. Especially frightening are the giants that stretch ...

With their upturned snouts, hognose snakes are easily recognizable. However, they are not among the largest snakes in the world, which makes them more vulnerable to predators such as birds of prey, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Spin a globe, and it’s easy to be lulled into a false sense ...

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 juvenile female boa constrictor in a shed cycle, indicated by the blue opaque eyes. Image by XPS420, CC BY-SA 3.0 In terms of the find, the fossil material includes 27 mostly well-preserved vertebra ...