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

Ball pythons are carnivores, primarily preying on small mammals and sometimes birds. In the wild, their diet consists mainly of African soft-furred rats, shrews, gerbils, and occasionally striped ...

A small ball python that was reportedly dumped at Nepaug Reservoir in Canton Friday afternoon has been placed in temporary foster care.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A Brookline man says he needs help finding his missing pet, a baby ball python. He insists she is super friendly and just had a big meal a couple of weeks ago. "I came down ...

Ball pythons are native to west sub saharan Africa and typically don’t grow as long as the invasive Burmese pythons blamed for wiping out small mammal populations in South Florida.