AN UNINVITED GUEST  The sheriff's office not only removed the python from the pool party, it found the snake a home with one of its deputies.

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (CBS12) — A weekend pool party in Florida had an unwanted guest when a ball python was found on the pool deck.

B urmese pythons ( Python bivittatus) don’t believe in waste, digesting not only the muscle and fat of their prey, but the ...

A new mock draft sees an NFL analyst predicting that the New York Jets will bail on quarterback Justin Fields after one ...

Snake species that are commonly found in California including the gopher snake, coachwhip snake, sharp-tailed snake, California kingsnake and Western yellow-bellied racer according to California Herps ...

Few predators swallow their prey whole. Even fewer can digest their meals with bones and all. But for some reptiles like the ...

A newly discovered cell helps pythons digest entire skeletons—and might be present in other bone-eating predators, too.

Research into the intestinal cells of Burmese pythons has revealed the existence of a previously unknown cell type, ...

The particles in the cells' crypts, the researchers determined, are excess to the snake's requirements once it has extracted all it needs from the completely dissolved bones. The purpose of the ...

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

Ball pythons are popular pets, especially for beginners, due to their calm nature and manageable size. These snakes curl into ...

The SPCA of Upstate New York is caring for 129 snakes and nearly 1,000 rats and mice to feed them that all need new, permanent homes.