A team of researchers led by biologist Professor Freek Vonk made a discovery deep within the Amazon rainforest in 2024.

Dilane Salvaje was on the lookout for a green anaconda - the largest snake species in the world - in southern Colombia when ...

The newly discovered species of anaconda has been named Eunectes akayima. It’s different from the one we already knew, called Eunectes murinus. Akayima means ‘big snake’ in an indigenous ...

The green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) is one of the largest snakes in the world and can reach over eight metres in length and weigh up to 100 kg. Most snakes lay eggs, but anacondas are viviparous ...

While such incidents are rare, certain snake species are indeed capable of preying on humans under unusual circumstances ...