Snakes can be the object of horror for some, with 2% to 3% of the world having ophidiophobia (a great fear of snakes), according to a study published in Psychiatry Research. Others note that snakes ...

When most people think of massive snakes, the first one that comes to mind is the anaconda. Anacondas might be the largest snake these days, but they weren’t always the biggest. In fact, anacondas are ...

Carlos Jaramillo (top row, third from the right), a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, co-organized the team that discovered the largest snake in world history. Courtesy ...

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 ...