Remember the colossal snake from the 1997 cult classic film Anaconda? Many were frightened, some laughed, but at least we ...

This illustration depicts a washed-up Ichthyotitan severnensis carcass on the beach. In late May 2020, 11-year-old Ruby Reynolds and her father, Justin Reynolds, drove to Blue Anchor, a seaside ...

A massive jawbone found by a father-daughter fossil-collecting duo on a beach in Somerset along the English coast belonged to a newfound species that’s likely the largest known marine reptile to swim ...

Yellowstone National Park is one of the most famous parks in the United States, but it isn’t usually known for its reptiles. Nevertheless, there are plenty of snakes that live in the park, with some ...

Blue whales have been considered the largest creatures to ever live on Earth. With a maximum length of nearly 30 meters and weighing nearly 200 tons, they are the all-time undisputed heavyweight ...

It began with an everyday pond turtle. Ty Park was 6 years old and living with his family in South Korea when his father gave him the tiny turtle. “It was a Reeves turtle from Japan,” the career ...

When contemplating the largest, native reptile found in Texas and Oklahoma, we might think of large turtles, such as the alligator and common snapping turtle. However, another reptile is larger than ...

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In late May 2020, 11-year-old Ruby Reynolds and her father, Justin Reynolds, drove to Blue Anchor, a seaside village in Somerset in southwest England, to hunt for fossils along the beach. Upon ...