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

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A Lehigh Acres family found themselves in a slithery situation when a friendly ball python decided to crash their pool party.

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Researchers fed pythons who had fasted for 28 days a meal of 25% of their body weight and compared them to snakes who had not been fed. They discovered that as the well-fed snakes’ hearts grew, ...

Burmese python invasion: Fighting invasive species 26:43. Experts at the St. Louis Zoo are trying to figure out how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs despite not being near a male python ...

Watch: Tangled Ball of Mating Pythons Spotted in Australian National Park. Knotting up into a giant ball is a normal means of reproduction for many snakes, but that doesn't make it any less disturbing ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Residents of a Florida neighborhood are on edge, saying they've caught 22 ball pythons roaming around their Prairie Lakes homes in July. Experts say the snakes aren't wild ...