ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Even when it appears that one of the teams on Michigan’s schedule starts providing a challenge, it’s been awfully short-lived. Such was the case for Indiana in Week 7 ...

The typical length of an adult boa constrictor is around 10 feet, although specimens measuring over 18 feet in length have been reported. The snakes are ambush predators that kill their prey using ...

Here in the Inland Northwest, a boa constrictor lurks under leaves, logs and inside rodent burrows. That’s right, a boa species infamously known for squeezing its prey to death lives in parts of ...

A live boa constrictor was captured on a cargo ship at Honolulu Harbor over the weekend, the state Department of Agriculture said in a news release today. Agents with the U.S. Customs and Border ...

The term "boa" broadly refers to a group of constricting snakes, all of which are nonvenomous and part of the Boidae family. This family also has a genus named Boa, but it includes just one recognized ...

An enormous albino boa constrictor weighing more than 50 pounds has been caught in a Florida backyard. Husband and wife duo Rhett and Taylor Stanberry, who remove and relocate snakes in South ...

A boa constrictor found in a Target shopping cart in Iowa was taken to the Sioux City Animal Adoption and Rescue Center, where it's been cared for.

T he boa constrictor got its name for a reason. To kill its prey, a boa will coil around it, squeezing hard enough to stop the prey’s blood from flowing, and then, stretching its jaws open ...

Boa constrictors, or red-tailed boas, can grow up to lengths of 13ft, and weigh more than 100 pounds. They are non-venomous snakes. The species is native to South America, and boa constrictors are ...