A snake owner has shared how her pet snake accidentally mistook her hand for a rat, leading to an unfortunate bite. Mia lives in Western Washington and has had her ball python Aphrodite for five years ...

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

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Officials is reminding residents to not release their pets into the wild after finding a ball python in Jamestown. Officials said the 3-foot ball python ...

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 ...

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 ...

HEPHZIBAH, Ga. (AP) – In a real life version of the children’s reader “Snakes Alive!”, state wildlife officers are searching for 14 pythons in an east Georgia subdivision after a woman reported that ...

A ball python was recovered from a home in Vero Beach on April 29 after being reported to Indian River County Animal Control. The 4- to 4½-foot male ball python was removed from the property and ...

Mumbai: A ball python, generally found in Africa, has been rescued from a residential area in Mumbai, a wildlife welfare ...

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 ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Residents of a Florida neighborhood are on edge, saying they've caught 22 ball pythons roaming around their Prairie Lakes homes in July. Experts say the snakes aren't wild and ...