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![Educator and outdoorsman Payton Moore documented his capture of the enormous fish, which measured over 8 feet (2.4 meters) long.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CHKw96TG5Ze2By8hPeWSAV-320-80.jpg)
Colossal 300-pound alligator gar caught (and released) in Texas bayou
By Joanna Thompson published
A conservation educator caught a record-breaking alligator gar in a bayou near Houston.
![x-ray video shows a boa constrictor using its ribcage to breathe as one portion of its body is constricted by a blood pressure cuff](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LiJEjVCG8rBNyCAsXBrT5N-320-80.gif)
How do boa constrictors avoid suffocating when they squeeze their prey?
By Nicoletta Lanese published
A new study reveals how the snakes breathe while squeezing prey.
![King cobras — which may be four distinct species — are the longest venomous snakes in the world.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sU3VN5h9qkUxjihjTruagH-320-80.jpg)
Surprise! King cobra is actually a royal lineage of 4 species
By Cameron Duke published
The king cobra is not one species, but four independent ones, spread throughout the Asian tropics.
![Some of the bags of snakes and lizards the man hid among his clothing.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Nj5YjLN3tQGrNTs4Vdh8tK-320-80.jpg)
Man caught at Mexican border allegedly had more than 50 reptiles stuffed into his clothing
By Harry Baker published
U.S. border officers have caught an accused wildlife smuggler allegedly trying to cross from Tijuana to San Diego with nine snakes and 43 horned lizards stuffed into his clothes.
![A green Anaconda sunning itself on a tree branch](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pJDpp9SkMX6fdpdxVP2GCP-320-80.jpg)
Anaconda: Habits, hunting and diet
By Callum McKelvie, Jessie Szalay published
Reference Everything you wanted to know about Anacondas including size, types, and conservation.
![The brown snake, Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HW8icW7TKfxefNv5ugotpE-320-80.jpg)
Brown snakes: Facts, characteristics, habitat and diet
By Jessie Szalay published
Reference North American brown snakes are nonvenomous, unlike the Australian variety, which is among the most venomous in the world.
![A snake with its tongue out.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/opXPFpNUqNgNF7DvgbcGTg-320-80.jpg)
How do snakes hiss if they don't have front teeth?
By Ashley Hamer published
Here's how snakes can hiss even though they don't have front teeth.
![Black rat snakes are the largest species of rat snake.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3mdGwMjRmEBe2SGCC4AoFC-320-80.jpg)
Rat snake facts
By Jessie Szalay published
Rat snakes are medium-to-large, nonvenomous snakes that kill by constriction. Recent research has complicated the taxonomic classification of rat snakes.
![The crocodile with a motorbike tire trapped around its neck pictured on July 1, 2021, in a river near Palu in Indonesia.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KhxxiQkAqzJssQe7F7jfcd-320-80.jpg)
Indonesian crocodile finally freed from motorbike tire stuck around its neck for 6 years
By Harry Baker published
A crocodile in Indonesia has finally been freed from a motorbike tire that had been stuck around its neck for at least 6 years after a local man caught it in a handmade trap.
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