Anacondas are some of the largest snakes in the world, reaching impressive sizes which have earned them a fearsome reputation ...

Andrés Alfonso-Rojas has analysed giant anaconda fossils from South America to deduce that these tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago, and have remained giants ever since.

In this week's Science for All newsletter, Divya Gandhi explains how gigantic animals during the Miocene were replaced by ...

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Anacondas reached their enormous size about 12.4 million years ago and, unlike most other Miocene giants, have barely changed since. Fossils from Venezuela reveal that early anacondas were already as ...

A new study has challenged previous knowledge on anaconda, the giant snakes that haunt people nightmares.

New research reveals ancient anacondas were as big as today's giants. Fossils from Venezuela show these snakes reached 5.2 meters 12.4 million years ago. Unlike other massive Miocene creatures that ...

A quiet river at dusk can feel ancient. It carries hints of creatures that lived long before us. A new study now shows one such survivor, the anaconda, has stayed giant for millions of years. Why Have ...

A University of Cambridge-led team has analyzed giant anaconda fossils from South America to deduce that these tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago and have remained ...