Some prehistoric creatures are so extraordinary, they feel like something out of a science fiction film. Among these ancient wonders was a colossal serpent that once roamed the Earth—Titanoboa ...

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 ...

The biggest living snake is the green anaconda, found in South America. Ancient snakes, like the Titanoboa, were orders of magnitude larger. Here’s what we know about the famed “titan boa.” The recent ...

From deep underground in a Colombian coal mine, in a layer dating to 65 million years ago, scientists have uncovered remains of the largest snake in the world, Titanoboa cerrejonensis. Measuring 48 ...

Sixty million years ago, long after the dinosaurs had vanished, a new ruler emerged in the sweltering rainforests of South America. It wasn’t a dinosaur, a crocodile, or any creature we might expect, ...

As a part of their documentary, the Smithsonian Channel asked sculptor Kevin Hockley to create a full-size replica of Titanoboa. Robert Clark/Institute Titanoboa, pictured with a dyrosaur and a turtle ...

Photographing the monster snake is no easy task. Find out how photographer Robert Clark used lighting to bring titanoboa to life. Check to see if the life size replica of Titanoboa will be heading ...

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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 ...

A mechanical constraint prevented the Titanoboa from lifting more than 1/5 of its body to strike. Counter-intuitively, the world’s largest apex predator was unearthed deep within the Cerrejón coal ...