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

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

Ball pythons are non-venomous, instead killing their prey using their long bodies to constrict the victim until it dies. Zolta the ball python coiled up into a ball.

The ball python was discovered near the student dropoff/pickup area at Dauphin County Technical School this morning, police said.

Ball pythons can grow up to six feet long and are common pets within the United States, HDOA said. Officials said the snake was “likely” an escaped pet, due to its calm demeanor — and the ...

Massive 500-pound mating ball of pythons discovered in Florida (Photo By Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Denver Post via Getty Images ...

In a record-setting expedition, conservationists in the Everglades captured and removed 11 invasive pythons from the environment.

Wildlife experts in Southwest Florida recently snagged 500 pounds of Burmese pythons - including one more than 16 feet long, after finding a large mating ball of the snakes not far from the city ...

An Atlanta couple are trying to get a four-foot-long ball python out of their front lawn after they discovered it slithering down their porch steps recently.

The footage shows more than a dozen diamond pythons tied up in a large mating ball. This is a natural reproductive strategy, experts say.

Redland's Snake Catcher in Queensland, Australia, helped a family remove a coiled-up python from their home after the family found the reptile curled up under a kids' toy.