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

Redland's Snake Catcher in Queensland, Australia, helped a family remove a coiled-up python from their home after the family found the reptile curled up under a kids' toy.

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.

Ball pythons are native to West and Central Africa, but a lot of people tend to buy the snakes for pets.

Ball python: Physical characteristics Ball pythons are stocky, nonvenomous constrictor snakes known for their distinctive appearance. Adult ball pythons typically range in length from 90 to 137 cm ...

Residents of St. Augustine's Prairie Lakes neighborhood found more than 20 ball pythons roaming their neighborhood in July alone, including under car hoods.

One woman was shocked when she discovered her bathroom flooded and a large python in the room.

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