Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most boas, which are a type of large, non-venomous ...

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 ...

Imagine a snake so large it could span the length of a city bus. This isn’t a creature from a horror film, but a real animal that once dominated the Earth. The Titanoboa, a massive serpent that lived ...

Beneath the surface of a Colombian coal mine, scientists made a discovery so extraordinary that it rewrote what we know about giant reptiles. In 2009, researchers unearthed fossil remains of an ...

Imagine a snake so massive it would have to squeeze through your office door to get at you. That was Titanoboa, the largest ...

The largest snake that ever lived is known as the Titanoboa; however, researchers in India may have unearthed fossils of a snake that rivaled its monstrous size: the recently discovered Vasuki indicus ...

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 ...

Discover the secrets of the Titanoboa - the largest snake to ever live. Discover the secrets of the Titanoboa - the largest snake to ever live - as Dr. Carlos Jaramillo of the Smithsonian Tropical ...

Scientists call it Titanoboa cerrejonensis. It was the largest snake ever, and if its astounding size alone wasn’t enough to dazzle the most sunburned fossil hunter, the fact of its existence may have ...