A surprise guest was discovered in a Boise Hyatt hotel room when a ball python was found patiently waiting for the next ...

One Florida neighborhood had some quick flashes of color slithering by their homes recently. Residents of a St. Augustine community caught 22 ball pythons roaming around their Prairie Lakes homes last ...

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. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

Residents in Somerville, Mass., are being asked to be on the lookout for a ball python on the loose. File Photo by Saint Louis Zoo/UPI July 15 (UPI) --Residents of a Massachusetts city are being asked ...

Last week, a ball python (a non-venomous constrictor snake) was rescued from Mumbai’s Mahim building by Police Constable ...

A California ball python was captured at an In-N-Out Burger 50 miles from her home. While Florida has ball pythons, our challenge is dealing with the much larger Burmese pythons. Sometimes a mouse won ...

A Georgia couple got a scary surprise recently after they discovered a 4-foot ball python living in their front yard. "Definitely was not expecting a python, I was like that definitely doesn’t belong ...

July 15 (UPI) --Residents of a Massachusetts city are being asked to keep an eye out for a ball python that has been caught on camera slithering on the loose in the area. Somerville residents have ...

A ball python was unexpectedly found in a Boise hotel room. The Idaho Humane Society seeks its owner, urging those who recognize the snake to claim it.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...