Watching a boa constrictor capture and consume its prey is quite something. First, the snake strikes and latches onto the prey with its teeth, then it coils its body tightly around the poor creature ...

Watching a boa constrictor capture and consume its prey is quite something. First, the snake strikes and latches onto the prey with its teeth, then it coils its body tightly around the poor creature ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

As the hot afternoon waned toward evening, the 12-foot-long boa constrictor climbed a Guatemalan cliff and slithered out onto a ledge overhang. Beautifully patterned scales made it almost invisible ...

A new study reveals how boa constrictors avoid suffocating themselves while constricting their prey. Government shutdown live ...

Most people think constrictors like boas and anacondas squeeze the air out of their prey with their muscular coils. And most people are wrong, according to a new study that offers an entirely ...

When a boa constrictor catches a rat, lizard or bird, the snake seems to suffocate the animal before devouring it. But new research finds that's not actually the case. "It looks like the animals are ...

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that constrictor snakes kill by stopping the flow of blood inside their prey. That approach is so efficient that animals don’t survive long enough to ...

Camas Police officer Gary Manning holds a boa constrictor found in Lacamas Regional Park on July 22, 2021. Officials warn not to “release pets into the wild” after eight boa constrictors and pythons, ...

Two boa constrictor snakes have been found in a residential area in Ecuador, according to police. The incident occurred in the city of Guayaquil, which is located on the Pacific coast of the South ...

It takes some precise rib movements to keep a snake breathing while it’s feeding, a study finds. By Sam Jones The boa constrictor got its name for a reason. To kill its prey, a boa will coil around it ...