Discovery of record-length python in Sulawesi highlights threats and conservation efforts for giant snakes in Indonesia.

The longest wild snake ever to be formally measured and documented is a female reticulated python, Ibu Baron, which is 7.22 meters (23 feet 8 inches) in length. The gigantic snake found in the thick ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reticulated pythons are the longest snakes in the world, capable of reaching 20 feet or more and weighing well over 200 pounds.