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

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

Ball pythons are native to Western and Central Africa, with the Lehigh Valley Zoo confirming that they can be found primarily in Benin, Ghana, and Togo.

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.

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you ...

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 ...

Wildlife experts in Southwest Florida recently snagged 500 pounds of Burmese pythons - including one more than 16 feet long, after finding a large mating ball of the snakes not far from the city ...