But for one 7.8-foot-long snake in Vietnam ... Ptyas bachmaensis, or the Bach Ma green rat snake, is first distinguished by its large size, researchers said. Thousands of new species are found each ...

The first ever images of the Vangunu giant rat, an elusive rodent that can grow up to 1.5 feet long and is known from only a single specimen that fell out of a tree six years ago, have been ...