Firefighters in a Chicago suburb were called to a train to help capture a ball python that got loose from its owner and slithered into a control box panel.

A lost snake that turned into a local celebrity, named Sir Hiss-a-Lot, is on his way to a new home. Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control announced on Saturday the reticulated python, discovered in a ...

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

The Oak Park Fire Department said in a Facebook post that its crews were called to the Harlem stop on the CTA Green Line to rescue the ball python snake.

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

Pythons are non-native to Florida and non-venomous snakes. Burmese pythons are one of the largest snakes in the world. The ball python found in Vero Beach was "friendly" and docile when rescued.

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