What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

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 ...

A KZN snake expert has called on people not to release pet ball pythons into the wild after an increase in sightings of this non-indigenous, harmless snake in and around Durban.

Although ball pythons have previously been found in the wild in Florida, there are no known reproducing populations, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

In the wild, ball pythons are usually brown and tan. In America, breeding them to produce eye-catching offspring has become a lucrative, frenetic, and—for some—troubling enterprise.

Although ball pythons have previously been found in the wild in Florida, there are no known reproducing populations, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

No, ball pythons are not likely to survive and breed in St. Augustine. The snakes currently being found in St. Augustine were not a product of breeding in the wild.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Update: No, pythons released in St. Augustine are not likely to survive or breed in the wild A St. Augustine neighborhood is on edge. Neighbors living in Prairie Lakes say ...

Schanee Anderson with the Sedgwick County Zoo brought in a ball python to KSN’s Wild Side on Tuesday afternoon.