Ball pythons were long assumed to be solitary, but scientists discovered the snakes in captivity prefer each others’ company when given the chance to live socially.

As you can see from my battle wounds, I’m about 220 pounds and it pulled me to the grass,” one of the brave rescuers said.

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.

A family of animal lovers teamed up with another local resident in South Carolina to wrangle a 12-foot yellow python that had ...

According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, officers responded to Kings Point near Delray Beach, where an elderly resident happened upon a Ball python in her closet.

A mushroom forager is credited with saving two ball pythons abandoned in a Durham, North Carolina forest, a reptile rescue group says.

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.

A pet ball python named Lucius escaped from his pirate-costumed owner on a CTA Green Line train.

Ball pythons, native to Africa, are not part of the local ecosystem, and it's believed the four snakes were likely pets abandoned in the Mill Creek Community Association's Nature Reserve.