Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snakes have both fascinated and scared humans for as long as we can remember. Especially frightening are the giants that stretch ...

So when local conservationist Budi Purwanto moved to secure the animal, the urgency was not about fame. It was about keeping a rare snake alive long enough for someone to see what was really there.

The world is home to over 3,000 species of snake, filling just about every niche you can imagine in their local ecosystems. As with any animal, however, some are bigger than others. Today, we’re ...