This is one snake who is likely to be more than a little snappy if provoked. The mutant black and gold python regius - royal python or ball python - was born in Villingen-Schwenningen, southern ...

PC Rejimon, a snake rescuer in Kerala, turned a routine call into a conservation success by incubating python eggs found in a precarious location. Following forest officials' instructions, he ...

A ball python was recovered from a home in Vero Beach on April 29 after being reported to Indian River County Animal Control. The 4- to 4½-foot male ball python was removed from the property and ...

The female ball python is thought to the oldest snake living in a zoo A snake laying eggs might not seem to be the most unusual thing to happen. But keepers at the Saint Louis Zoo in Missouri were ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...