People may associate large snakes with tropical regions like Brazil and Africa. However, many types of large snakes live a ...

A snake that is strong enough to capture and eat a 150-pound hyena has to be one of the strongest snakes in the world. National Geographic was there to videotape this amazing feat.

It can grow up to 30 feet long and weigh over 500 pounds, making it one of the largest snakes in the world. As its name suggests, it has a greenish-brown skin that helps it blend in with the ...

The largest and maybe strongest anaconda ever was a 33-foot-long, 850 pound that surprised a construction crew in Brazil. A snake that is strong enough to capture and eat a 150-pound hyena has to ...

Imagine a massive snake that could swallow a human with enough strength to easily crush bones. Such a creature might seem like a figment of imagination, but in the swamps and forests of South America, ...

When you think of snakes, you may be most concerned about whether the snake is venomous or not. Rattlesnakes in the United States are very venomous; the Black Mamba is an extremely venomous snake in ...

Forget snakes, it's scorpions Brazilians most need to worry about. The arachnids—feared for the toxic stinger poised atop their tails—are proliferating thanks to urbanization and warming temperatures.

Eastern coral snakes are found throughout the southern United States, from North Carolina to Florida to Louisiana; Texas coral snakes mainly reside in Texas, Louisiana and southern Arkansas.