Notably, this group includes several popular species within the exotic pet trade, such as the ball python and the Burmese python. It also includes an extinct species, the European python. The ...

A Florida community caught nearly two dozen ball pythons slithering around. Between the species and the Burmese pythons, what are the differences?

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Where are ball pythons native to?

A ball python from Leinwand’s lab. CREDIT: Yuxiao Tan. Compared with the hearts of pythons who hadn’t eaten, the fed pythons increased their own mass by close to 25 percent after eating.

Residents of St. Augustine's Prairie Lakes neighborhood found more than 20 ball pythons roaming their neighborhood in July alone, including under car hoods.

After users identified the snake as a harmless ball python, the user placed the snake in a container before reuniting it with its owner, free of complications. Do ball pythons like to be cuddled?

Why raising pythons for food is a truly terrible idea Pythons are environmentally destructive, dangerous for farmers to be around, and subject to cruelty. Plants are a much better option.

The startling sight took place on Feb. 21 in Naples, where 11 Burmese pythons – including one more than 16 feet long – were found wound up together, in a mating ball, that was 7 feet wide ...