Fossil vertebrae excavated during a mine dig in western India are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever existed.

Can a snake truly be longer than a school bus? Vasuki indicus is a ginormous prehistoric snake that broke every assumption about ancient reptiles. Located in Gujarat, India, this 15-meter (49-foot) ...

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Named after the mythical serpent Vasuki from Hindu mythology, it belonged to the now-extinct Madtsoiidae family, a group of large, non-venomous constrictor snakes.

(CNN)-- Scientists in Colombia have unearthed the remains of a true prehistoric monster believed to be the biggest snake ever to have ... tail tip -- dwarfing the largest modern pythons and ...