A surprise visitor of serpentine sorts was rescued from a home over the Fourth of July weekend, and soon made its way into ...

Somerville’s animal control department received reports of a python on the loose Saturday, sparking an unusual neighborhood ...

People joked about the ball python being an "iPad kid." Others admired the gentle way in which the girl interacted with the snake, saying how well the snake responded to its human friend.

Snakes especially have a reputation for being slimy and sinister, but we're here to set the record straight. If these cute ...

Zolta the ball python after being rescued by Animal Care Officer Trinidy Guevara, right. These snakes are non-venomous but can crush their prey to death. City of San Antonio Animal Care Services ...

Burmese python invasion: Fighting invasive species 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 for more ...

Redland's Snake Catcher in Queensland, Australia, helped a family remove a coiled-up python from their home after the family found the reptile curled up under a kids' toy.

The ball python is the most commonly traded African species under CITES, with more than 3 million of these reptiles exported since 1975, mainly from Togo, Ghana and Benin. Listed under CITES ...

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

Zookeepers at the Saint Louis Zoo were surprised to see their oldest snake coiled around a clutch of freshly laid eggs because she hadn’t been near a male in more than 15 years.

She's one of two ball pythons at the zoo. The other python snake is a 31-year-old male that isn't kept near the female snake. "It was a surprise," Wanner told CNN.

The viral moment, however, legitimised the concept of having snakes as pets, especially the ball python, which most people find manageable and friendly. The cute video of the girl and her snake ...