Looking for the pygmy boa constrictor Tom Heap (L) with Bryan "Naqqi" Manco (R), a Senior Conservation Officer for the Turks & Caicos National Trust.

And yet the islands still hold biological secrets. Scientists have now made a startling discovery on a small, uninhabited isle called Conception in the Bahamas: a new species of boa constrictor.

Woman finds feisty boa constrictor in Alpharetta neighborhood Kim Mross, founder of All Things Wild North Georgia, says non-venomous snakes are good for the environment, and instead of killing ...

An exotic snake was discovered under a McDonald's drive-thru window in North Carolina.

5-foot boa constrictor found in NC hotel room bed A housekeeper in Asheville discovered the snake half under a sheet, a police official said.

How Boa Constrictors Breathe While Squeezing the Life Out of Their Prey It takes some precise rib movements to keep a snake breathing while it’s feeding, a study finds.

The snake was found outside the McDonald’s drive-thru window.

A drive-thru visit at the McDonald's on Harrison Avenue in Cary took an unexpected turn when a 4-foot boa constrictor was discovered outside the restaurant.

In a social media post Sunday, Big Lake police say a boa constrictor was hit and killed by a motorist after it likely escaped a family home.

An Albany Water crew working on the capital city's pipes stumbled on a shocking clog in the system -- a 14-foot boa constrictor that was living inside a water main, local officials say.