Unlike most snakes, Dumeril’s boas give live birth, protecting embryos internally until fully developed neonates emerge.

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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 -- ...

A cute video of an Amazon tree boa yawning went viral, but is it really yawning? Read here to learn more about why snakes yawn.

Ronaldo, a 6-foot Brazilian rainbow boa constrictor kept at a school in England, was thought to be male — until the snake gave birth to 14 babies last month. The boa had not had contact with another ...