A ball python receives careful handling as her keeper gently moves her away from her eggs. Using only a paper towel, the ...

The appearance of this ball python comes from a combination of specific genetic traits that influence its colors, patterns, ...

CHARLTON – It isn't every day that the Charlton Animal Control picks up a ball python, let alone an albino one. "We picked up an albino ball python on Center Depot Road if anyone happens to be missing ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pythons must be euthanized humanely during the competition. The day has finally arrived. On July 10, hundreds of professional and ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida's python team removed a record 8,000 pounds of the invasive snake from Collier County. Biologists captured an extra-large, 16-foot, 135-pound female python while ...

A Florida pizzeria owner is redefining the term “exotic pet trade” by accepting captured Burmese pythons as payment for a pie. “I’m the first place in the world to accept python as currency,” Dustin ...

Hunters entering Florida's yearly Python Challenge are once again helping the state thin out invasive snakes in the Everglades. This time, participants also have a shot at an offbeat perk from a local ...

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Professional python hunter Carl Jackson recently caught a 202-pound python, the second heaviest ever recorded in Florida. Python bites are a common risk for hunters, and their teeth feel like needles ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's Short Wave podcast. When Skip Maas first adopted Agrapina, a mottled ball python, she hadn't eaten in 14 ...