Snakes can grow to colossal sizes, although some reports have long been exaggerated. The largest snakes in the world belong to the python and boa families. Which family contains the biggest depends on ...
Rafe Brown, curator of herpetology at the Natural History Museum, recently came back from the Philippines with several new specimens, some new species. The specimens will become part of the ...
The world’s longest venomous snake, it can grow up to 18 feet. It weighs around 20 pounds. Found in Central and South America, it can grow up to 13 feet. It weighs up to 100 pounds.
A newly-identified amphibian is possibly the largest on the planet, according to DNA from museum specimens. Reaching nearly two metres in length, the South China giant salamander is critically ...