The "beast" on Google Maps — called Leviathan, dragon, snake and more by some — is actually just a byproduct of the tectonic plates beneath our feet.

Across the southeastern United States, a quiet biological upheaval is unfolding as giant reptiles spread into new territory ...

Discovered in England, this ancient creature has no modern match, and its secrets have only just been uncovered.

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For a long time, the idea of giant animals has mostly been tied to dinosaurs on land. Oceans feel different, quieter, even though they hide their own deep history. Fossils occasionally hint at ...

Running time: 100 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence/action, strong language, some drug use and suggestive references). In theaters Dec. 25. Who would have thought that 1997’s “Anaconda,” in which ...

AND RESCUE. WELL, CALIFORNIA NOW HAS A STATE SNAKE. IT IS THE GIANT GARTER SNAKE. THE POPULATION OF THE GIANT GARTER SNAKE HAS DECLINED BY MORE THAN 90% OVER THE LAST CENTURY. THERE IT IS. IT WAS ...

Why do studio killjoys sadistically ruin our entertainment experience by revealing a film’s key surprises and plot twists in trailers and commercials? Call them the grinches who stole a Christmas Day ...

I’ll give Tom Gormican’s comedy reboot of “Anaconda” this much: It’s the fourth or fifth best movie in the “Anaconda” series. It’s behind the original “Anaconda,” obviously, because there’s no beating ...

There are movies that you watch because they add to humanity’s great history of finding life’s meaning through art, and then there are movies that you watch because it’s fun to hear someone say, in ...

California will have an official state snake in 2026. A new law that takes effect in January makes the giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) the official state snake. The species is native to ...