Boa constrictors are a fairly well-known group of non-venomous snakes that occupy a unique place in pop culture. Their massive size and primary attack method — squeezing their prey to death — makes ...

Scientists found a massive 7-foot-long snake mating in a tree and discovered a new species: the Atlantic Forest boa constrictor, study said. Google Street View March ...

Dozens of caged pythons and one pet boa constrictor named Big Shirl were killed by Florida wildlife officers last week in what some reptile enthusiasts say was an overreach of authority in euthanizing ...

Ronaldo, a 6-foot Brazilian rainbow boa constrictor kept at a school in England, was thought to be male — until the snake gave birth to 14 babies last month. The boa had not had contact with another ...

Boa constrictors breathe by expanding and collapsing their ribcages, a technique that seems at odds with the snakes’ habit of constricting and swallowing huge meals — both actions that constrain rib ...

Hundreds of visitors took turns peering through glass to see sloths, a hedgehog, boa constrictor and other species during a special Members Night preview of a new summer exhibit called Survival of the ...

INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - Wildlife rescuers helped remove a massive pet boa constrictor that got stuck in a family’s car dashboard. Carolina Waterfowl Rescue members say an older couple ...

While cleaning behind his coffee machine on Saturday morning, a bar manager found something cold and slippery; an enormous boa constrictor snake. As if this wasn't unusual enough, the bar is located ...

The snake catchers removed the boa constrictor with albinism from the Florida yard and moved the reptile to their Naples sanctuary Terrified homeowners in Florida called in professional snake catchers ...

Residents of a quiet English town recently found a 6-foot boa constrictor lying in the middle of the road, bleeding from its broken jaw. Officers with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty ...