One Florida neighborhood had some quick flashes of color slithering by their homes recently. Residents of a St. Augustine community caught 22 ball pythons roaming around their Prairie Lakes homes last ...

A University of Florida study found the number of python eggs in a clutch, like the one pictured here with Conservancy researchers, averaged three dozen. One estimates in the snake's native range in ...

These constrictors belong to the family Pythonidae. A few species in this family include the ball python, Burmese python, and reticulated python; the latter is the longest snake alive. What sets these ...

A team of researchers believes that pythons may contain clues to help treat a range of human ailments — from heart disease to muscle atrophy, and more.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A team of trackers found 500 pounds of snake in a South Florida marsh last month, according to the Miami Herald. The report said the discovery happened on Feb. 21 on public land ...

Have you ever seen a Burmese python, and would you know if you did? Well, don't go chopping the heads off snakes until you know what you're wrestling with as several native snakes are sometimes ...

Though widely bred in captivity in the U.S. and Europe, tens of thousands are exported from West Africa each year, with little understanding of what that means for their conservation or well-being.