A newly described fossil snake from India is forcing scientists to redraw the record books on reptile gigantism, with some ...

A four-year-old French mastiff and Bullmastiff mix from Oklahoma has set a new Guinness World Record for having a super long tongue. Ozzy claimed the title for the longest tongue on a living dog with ...

The Big Apple just went 12 days without a single reported homicide — matching a historical record set nearly a decade ago, the NYPD said Monday. The zero-homicide stretch ended Sunday night when a ...

New York City went 12 days -- Nov. 25 to Dec. 7 -- without a homicide. New York City has tied its record for the longest stretch without a homicide in recorded history. The city went 12 calendar days ...

Remember the colossal snake from the 1997 cult classic film Anaconda? Many were frightened, some laughed, but at least we knew that such a thing couldn’t exist in real life. Or can it? The emerald ...

Fossils reveal that anacondas evolved their impressive size early in their history and maintained it for more than 12 million years. Credit: Shutterstock Fossil evidence from Venezuela shows that ...

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‘Bany the Rock Snake is a community art project at Radium Springs with a goal to break a world record. Special Photo: Tara Fletcher ALBANY – A new community art project is taking shape at Radium ...

There are creatures lurking in the depths of South American rivers that can overpower crocodiles, deer, and anything else that wanders too close. Anacondas are among the largest snakes on Earth, and ...