A new study reveals how boa constrictors avoid suffocating themselves while constricting their prey. Putin has miscalculated ...

Boa constrictors are notorious for their deadly grip, squeezing their next meal until it expires. Instead, the boa's tight coils block the rat's blood flow, leading to circulatory arrest. "This is ...

Boa constrictors mostly consume various medium-size rodents, lizards, and birds. They have also been known to chow down on even larger prey, including monkeys, wild pigs, and ocelots.

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 ...

Boa constrictors seem to deliver death not through suffocation, but by cutting off blood flow to the heart and brain. Photo: Ivan Kuzmin/imageBROKER/Corbis Snakes aren’t kind killers, often ...

Boa constrictors mostly consume various medium-sized rodents, lizards, and birds. They have also been known to chow down on even larger prey, including monkeys, wild pigs, and ocelots.

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 ...

There is one reproducing population of boa constrictors in Florida, in eastern Miami-Dade County. Boa constrictors, especially red-tailed boas, are common in the pet trade, according to the FWC.

Boa constrictors don’t kill the way you think they do No, boa constrictors don’t kill prey by asphyxiating them — they stop the flow of blood instead by Arielle Duhaime-Ross ...

How do boa constrictors know when to stop constricting? Image courtesy of Flickr user wwarby Ed. note: We welcome back guest blogger Greg Laden for a two-week blogging tour on Surprising Science ...

Boa constrictors, which kill their prey by crushing them, are usually found in South America and the Caribbean. However, they are also kept as pets in other countries.