Texas-based explorer Julian Gunther's pictures show adult anacondas coiled around branches in the waterways of South America's tropical Pantanal wetland region.

Given their evolutionary advantages, few animals can withstand an ambush from a fully-grown anaconda. However, certain predators, like fully-grown crocodiles, could pose a significant threat.

When Anna, a 10-foot, fully grown anaconda residing in Boston’s New England Aquarium gave birth to a trio of babies this winter, staffers there had to do a double snake — er, take. After all ...

While you may not want to encounter one on a hike, there's no denying that snakes are magnificent creatures — no matter how big or small they are. But when it comes to the biggest snakes in the world, ...

At first glance, it really does appear that this snake is a "giant anaconda" swimming across a lake toward wooden barriers of at least six (or so) feet tall, and that it attempts to eat a full ...

Fully grown Anacondas can grow to more than 29 feet (8.8 meters) in length, weigh over 550 pounds (249 kilograms) and measure more than one foot (30 centimetres) in diameter.

Given their evolutionary advantages, few animals can withstand an ambush from a fully-grown anaconda. However, certain predators, like fully-grown crocodiles, could pose a significant threat.

Besides, anacondas can't eat an entire, full-grown cow: the largest animal documented to have been consumed by a constrictor is a 130-pound (59-kilogram) impala, eaten by an African rock python in ...