A giant snake called Vasuki indicus, longer than a school bus, lived in India 47 million years ago. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee found its vertebrae fossils in a coal ...

Scientists in India have uncovered the fossilized remains of a snake so enormous it dwarfs its modern relatives. Measuring a ...

The CGI-fueled documentary explores the extinct species in the Natural History Museum – here's how to watch David ...

Carbon dating of teeth fragments found in Brazil reveals that some species persisted for thousands of years longer than ...

A prehistoric sinkhole in Florida preserved fossils for half a million years until their discovery in 2022, offering rare ...

A popular Spanish island loved by Brits is currently tackling a giant snake problem as the reptiles become more dominant. The horseshoe snake, in particular, is a real problem in Ibiza ...

Paleontologists in China have unearthed a new dinosaur fossil, which belongs to a previously unknown species from the Early Jurassic period. Back in 2015, experts recovered the fossilized remains ...

Fossils of the world’s oldest megaraptorid and the first-ever carcharodontosaurs in Australia have been discovered, ...

Pythons and Anacondas are some of the largest snakes in the world today, but what about prehistoric snakes? Has anyone ever found fossils of snakes from long ago? How big do you think “dinosaur snakes ...

KYOTO—Worshippers can take a ride on a giant white snake made of newspaper and take photographs with the serpent at an ancient temple here. The Kitamukizan Fudoin temple in Fushimi Ward has ...

Now, other megafauna fossil finds from South America appear to be even younger: They date from around 3,500 years ago, researchers report in the Feb. 15 Journal of South American Earth Sciences.

Fossilized soft tissue is exceptionally rare in plesiosaur fossils. The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species. The ...