With its remarkable size and age, Pando dwarfs its fellow inhabitants, holding the potential to be not only the oldest living ...

The behemoth coral, discovered in October in the Solomon Islands, is longer than a blue whale and older than the United States.

The world's biggest coral — an organism made up of about a billion polyps — is about three times bigger than the previous record-holder and was discovered by chance during an expedition off the ...

The "mega" coral is 112-feet wide, 105-feet long and 18-feet high, making it larger than a blue whale, the world's largest animal.

Found in the eastern regions of the United States, copperheads are one of the most common venomous snakes in North America. With skin the color of autumn leaves, these stealthy snakes are often ...

Snake catchers removed an injured snake that was caught by a farmer eating his ducks. The wildlife rescue team was contacted by resident Somneuk, who snared the 13ft (4 m) reptile that devoured two ...

A close flyby of an asteroid as large as Apophis happens only once every 5,000 to 10,000 years. Scientists plan to learn all they can.

Apophis is 340 metres wide, about the same as the height of the Empire State Building. If it were to hit Earth, it would ...

The Aesculapian snake, which is one of Europe’s largest, growing up to about 2 metres in length, is thought to be living in homes across the UK. A study suggests the species is making itself ...

One of Europe’s largest snake species is crawling up walls and into attics in the UK, seeking warmth for breeding, scientists say in a new study. Aesculapian snakes, which grow up to 7ft long ...