According to research published in Scientific Reports, it could be one of the largest snake species to have ever lived on Earth. The remains of the giant snake were found in a mine in India.

Named after the mythical serpent Vasuki from Hindu mythology, it belonged to the now-extinct Madtsoiidae family, a group of ...

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Vasuki indicus: The 49 feet giant who lived on Earth ... This 47-million-year-old snake, which is said to have reached a whopping size of 49 feet, is one of the largest discovered, even larger ...

What follows isn’t a strict rundown of the largest snakes ever recorded ... Eggs hatch inside the snake’s body, so they give birth to live babies. The mother, who goes without food for ...

Have you ever wondered the age of Earth? It's 4.543 billion years. This life-giving planet has seen so many ages come and go, witnessing the rise and fall of species, the shifting of continents ...

According to the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, the green anaconda is currently the heaviest ...

"She lived a full ... Records reports the biggest reticulated python ever captured was 32 feet, 9.5 inches, and the longest living in captivity was a 25-foot, 2-inch snake that died in 2011 ...

Though a complete skeleton wasn’t found, size estimates place this species among the largest snakes ever known, alongside Titanoboa, a massive 42-foot-long snake that lived in Colombia.