What is a ball python? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted during the Florida Python Challenge? We explain ...

A pet ball python named Lucius escaped from his pirate-costumed owner on a CTA Green Line train and hid inside a control box.

The Oak Park Fire Department said in a Facebook post that its crews were called to the Harlem stop on the CTA Green Line to rescue the ball python snake.

With scales ranging in touch from rough to smooth, the many reptiles on display at t Fairgrounds Saturday drew hundreds of people interested in owning one of the creatures — and some who just wanted ...

While working on his doctorate in Dr. Miller’s lab, Dr. Skinner began wondering how snakes not known to be social interacted with one another. Because ball pythons lay eggs and don’t have live ...

This sleepy python is not the first snake ball to make the news in recent weeks. On Feb. 21, Florida wildlife experts discovered a 7-foot-wide, 500-lb. pile of invasive Burmese pythons in the ...

The snake, which was named Zolta by the team, was found to be a ball python. These reptiles, also called royal pythons, are native to west and central sub-Saharan Africa.

However, the video was posted by TikTok user Brytney Johnson (@brytneyjohnson), who said: "It's my pet ball python." The pet snake was mentioned as being about "4.5 feet long" and female.

While part of the same genus, these two pythons are vastly different in size once they reach maturity. Ball pythons get to be about 4 feet long, while Burmese pythons can reach between 10 and 16 ...

Pythons are a type of large, non-venomous snake originally found in Asia, Africa and Australia. There are about 40 different species of pythons, including the following: Angolan python Ball python ...

Foxborough police are searching for the owners of a snake that was found in the town Saturday. The ball python was found in the area of Bristol Lane, with "no collar or tags," police officers ...