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Pythons and anacondas are often confused as being the same, and it’s easy to see why. Both are massive, non-venomous snakes that kill their prey by biting and squeezing it to death. But despite their ...

The green anaconda has long been considered one of the Amazon's most formidable and mysterious animals. Our new research, published in Diversity, upends scientific understanding of this magnificent ...

The Shedd Aquarium’s “Amazon Rising” exhibit offers a glimpse into the many animal and plant species native to the faraway rainforest, including the emerald tree boa, white-faced whistling duck, dwarf ...

Animal caretakers at the New England Aquarium were in for quite the surprise this past Winter after discovering that an eight-year-old female anaconda named Anna from their Amazon rainforest exhibit ...