The scientific name comes from the Greek word “thera” and “phosa”, what means wild animal and light. The most common name “Goliath bird eating Tarantula” was given by some explores from the Victorian era who witnessed one eating a hummingbird and...

A python found in Indonesia is 14.85m (49ft) long and has a maximum body circumference of 85cm (almost three feet) and weighs 447kg (70 stone, 3lbs). It was captured by a 58-year-old python expert from east Java who was summoned to Jambi after locals, who stumbled upon it while foraging for...