A Columbia woman experienced a rude awakening on the early morning of Nov. 5 after turning on the bathroom light in her apartment. She let out a scream when she discovered a ball python behind the ...

If you’ve ever thought about keeping a snake as a pet, chances are you’ve heard of the ball python. It’s one of the most popular snakes for beginners and for good reason. Ball pythons are calm, easy ...

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 ...

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 ...

OAK PARK, Ill. — Almost like a scene from the 2006 cult classic “Snakes on a Plane,” fire crews in the western suburbs were called in to help after a curious pet got loose on a Green Line train while ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Police in Dauphin County have a strange question, but one that needs to be asked: Is anyone in Lower Paxton Township missing a python? The Harrisburg-area police department said ...

The snake was found on the floor of the passenger seat of a U-Haul truck "frozen to the touch, very cold [and] unresponsive," according to Virginia Wildlife Management and Control Kimberlee Speakman ...

A pet ball python named Lucius escaped from his pirate-costumed owner on a CTA Green Line train and hid inside a control box. Oak Park firefighters were called to the Harlem stop and safely rescued ...

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.