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

Pythons live on a diet of rats and mice, which can be purchased frozen at pet supply stores. Feeding live rodents to the snakes is considered unnecessary and inhumane for both the prey and the ...

Ball pythons were long assumed to be solitary, but scientists discovered the snakes in captivity prefer each others’ company when given the chance to live socially.