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

Boa constrictors feature a muscular build and can grow to weigh more than 100 pounds (45 kg) and be more than 10 feet (3 meters) in length. They typically reach lengths between 6 and 10 feet (1.8 ...

He's never struck at a human or bitten anything that's living," she said. Boa constrictors are not venomous but have been known to kill animals by squeezing them to death. Shannon Surch Shannon ...

Boa constrictors kill their prey by gripping it so tightly that blood and oxygen can't reach the victim's vital organs. The woman, who said she had 11 snakes, was taken to hospital for treatment ...

As a top predator of its time, Titanoboa would have preyed upon a variety of large vertebrates, employing its powerful constricting abilities akin to modern boa constrictors. Fossil evidence ...

They won the disposal count, clearances, contested possessions and were level in inside 50 entries. But McKenna said the "boa constrictors of the AFL" were too much to handle for his young team. "We ...