The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) may just be the insect equivalent of a giant, flawless diamond. The species has a ...

Researchers in Costa Rica have unearthed fossils from a mastodon and a giant sloth that lived as many as 40,000 years ago, officials announced Friday, calling it the biggest such find here in decades.

The world's longest snake living in the wild was measured on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It is a true "baroness." ...

The largest python ever recorded demonstrated how extreme growth is biologically possible in constrictor snakes Unlike venomous species pythons rely on muscular coils to suffocate prey before swallowi ...