Lord Shiva, one of the Hindu Trinity, is known as the destroyer of evil and the transformer of the universe. He is adorned ...

Fossil vertebrae excavated during a mine dig in western India are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever existed.

The fossils of this colossal snake species were named after the massive mythological Lord Shiva’s serpent Vasuki. According to the researchers, these snakes lived around 47 million years ago in ...

The snake belonged to the extinct madtsoiidae family and had a broad, cylindrical body. Researchers analysed 27 well-preserved vertebrae from the specimen, estimating their size to determine the ...