Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the humid swamps of what is now Colombia, there was once ...
Beneath ordinary ground, discoveries still wait that quietly redraw assumptions about life long before humans paid attention. Fossils tend to arrive in fragments, then patterns start forming, and ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. It’s not uncommon for ancestral species to be much larger ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A giant python in Indonesia now holds a world record, but her survival may matter more than her size. (CREDIT: ...
A monster-sized reptile. A posse. People bolting their doors in terror. The subject of today's column, suggested by a reader, has all the makings of a 1950s creature ...
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 ...