For aspiring snake enthusiasts and first-time reptile keepers, the world of pet snakes can seem like a daunting place.

American breeders are selling designer ball pythons known as “morphs,” whose bright colors have become popular on Instagram and on YouTube channels such as Snake Discovery. Rebecca Giggs reports.

Alycia Griffith was once afraid of snakes. Now she has four pet snakes and makes earrings and necklaces from their skin. She ...

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

PALM SPRINGS – At first, there seemed to be only one escaped ball python snake roaming the Movie Colony East neighborhood. But now, a case of mistaken identity indicates there may be two.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County’s new ball python snake has a name thanks to hundreds of votes cast on social media.The name Penny was the top choice for the snake, which has joined ...

This sleepy python is not the first snake ball to make the news in recent weeks. On Feb. 21, Florida wildlife experts discovered a 7-foot-wide, 500-lb. pile of invasive Burmese pythons in the ...