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Scientists tracked a 220-pound anaconda in the Amazon, but even knowing its location wasn’t enough to see it

All people think that a snake weighing 220 pounds (100 kilograms) would be hard to miss. But deep in the Amazon rainforest, even an enormous green anaconda can vanish beneath a few fallen branches or ...

A 100-kg green anaconda can disappear beneath Amazonian vegetation

Green Anacondas in Peru's Amazon rainforest were challenging to locate due to their hidden behavior. Researchers recorded ...

Radio tags reveal Amazon anacondas were spotted at just 17.7% of tracked locations

Four adults were fitted with very-high-frequency radio tags and tracked. At just 23 of their recorded radio locations, or ...

Beware Boiúna is Little More Than a Snake in the Grass

Beware Boiúna is a film about a giant man-eating snake slithering along the Amazon River in Colombia. The film tells us the ...

Scientists used radio tags to track giant green Anacondas in the Amazon, but spotted them at just 17.7% of locations

Radio-tagged green anacondas in Peru’s Amazon were visible at just 17.7% of tracked locations, revealing how the giant snakes ...

Director Mike P. Nelson Reveals the Surprising Inspiration Behind Beware Boiúna and the Challenges of Filming in the Amazo

Studio 512’s Blake Haynes sits down with director Mike P. Nelson to discuss the making of Beware Boiúna, the Amazon ...