Pythons and anacondas are often mistaken for one another, and it's easy to see why. Both snakes are long, powerful, non-venomous, and rely on ambushing and constriction to subdue their prey. However, ...

While attention usually focuses on the Burmese python population wreaking havoc across the Florida Everglades and slithering its way north, green anacondas and boa constrictors also have been seen ...

Snakes that eat humans have long captured our fear and fascination. In the dense jungles, wetlands, and forests of the world, ...

What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

Foreword / Richard Shine -- Introduction -- The biology of boas and pythons: a retrospective look to the future / Robert W. Henderson and Robert Powell -- Ecology, natural history, and evolution -- ...