Anacondas are a great reason not to go swimming in South America, since that’s where they live and they are primarily water snakes. Their immense weight makes them cumbersome on land ...

They are excellent swimmers and spend most of their time in water, which helps them move their heavy bodies easily. These snakes ambush prey by staying submerged in water, waiting patiently.

The Concho water snake is a species of snake that is exclusive to the west-central Texas and Concho river systems Due to their limited range, these snakes are at risk of becoming endangered.

Charles Wieand swam underwater with a 12-foot anaconda in a daring stunt. The snake wrapped itself around his neck and torso, as he held his breath underwater at the BioNova pool in California.

Like water snakes, narrow-headed garter snakes are highly aquatic and eat fish. In strong river currents their namesake elongated heads reduce drag from the water as they strike out on prey. These ...

In the new Discovery Channel special, "Eaten Alive," snake researcher and conservationist Paul Rosolie sets off into the Amazon Rainforest to do the impossible: capture an anaconda, allow it to ...

Construction workers in Brazil have stumbled upon one of the most frightening creatures in the planet a ten meters long anaconda. The snake measuring 32.8 feet and weighing over 400 kilos ...