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

The invasive Burmese pythons plaguing Florida have an almost supernatural ability to absorb skeletons, and scientists say ...

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

The non-native snakes are overrunning Florida and must be eliminated. Fashion designers are determined to make sure their ...

Special intestinal cells collect excess minerals into particles the snakes can poop out, according to a new study ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

Animal expert helps python suffering from retained eye caps, a common shedding issue that can cause vision problems if left ...

Snake owners are discouraged from helping their snakes shed their skin, but one owner did just that, with the snake shedding from head to tail in a matter of minutes. ©Valmedia/Shutterstock.com ...

Ball pythons (Python regius) have developed a distinctive defensive behavior that has become their namesake characteristic. When threatened or stressed, these snakes curl their bodies into a tight ...

Python bivittatus, the giant Asian constrictors better known as the Burmese python was introduced decades ago through the exotic pet trade and now is firmly established as an apex predator. But a ...

In this episode of SnakeBytesTV, we drive into breeding snakes and everything you wanted to know or maybe you didn’t about ball python breeding and ball python mating.