Twenty-seven vertebrae fossils discovered near a coal mine in India unveiled a snake, called Vasuki indicus, that was anywhere between 36 feet and 50 feet and lived about 47 million years ago ...

Fossils unearthed in India revealed a prehistoric snake that may have been one of the longest to have ever lived, according to a new study.

The trek starts at Gangotri and ends at Kedarnath, following a route ... The trek passes by the stunning alpine lakes of Masar Tal and Vasuki Tal. 3. Traill’s Pass Trek. Altitude: 5,310 meters ...

Vasuki lived about 47 million years ago in western India, which was full of swampy, tropical forests at the time. The researchers are not sure exactly how this snake moved around, or what it ate. But ...

The fossil has been named after Vasuki, the snake king associated with Lord Shiva. Its size rivals Titanoboa, which once lived in Colombia around 60 million years ago. It measured about 43 feet in ...

Vasuki was a member of the Madtsoiidae snake family that appeared roughly 90 million years ago but went extinct about 12,000 years ago. These snakes spread from India through southern Eurasia and ...

Vasuki indicus is the name given to the 47 million-year-old, 15m-long fossilised vertebrae of the now extinct longest snake that ever lived, found in a Gujarat coal mine in 2004. Study and ...