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.

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

St. Petersburg, Florida, police removed the snake from Dell Holmes Park. The python will go to a snake rehab facility in Hillsborough County.

Police in Saanich, B.C., say the large ball python captured after escaping its confines and staying on the loose for more than a month in Greater Victoria has been found dead.

Officials with a California park said they are searching for a large ball python spotted slithering on the loose after apparently being abandoned by its owner.

A large ball python was removed from a park in St. Petersburg Wednesday.

Wildlife experts in southwest Florida said they recently captured 500 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons after discovering a large ball of mating snakes in Collier County.

A South Carolina woman ended up calling the police for help after she walked into her apartment's bathroom and found a large ball python behind her toilet.