But as the annual hunt in the Sunshine State becomes more popular, we take a look at another type of snake: the ball python. In 2019, a python was captured in the Lake Park Lowe’s parking lot ...

Ball pythons get their name from what they do when they feel nervous. Instead of attacking or hissing, they curl up into a ball and hide their head in the middle. It’s their way of staying safe ...

In the wild, ball pythons are usually brown and tan. In America, breeding them to produce eye-catching offspring has become a lucrative, frenetic, and—for some—troubling enterprise.

Ball pythons are native to west sub saharan Africa and typically don’t grow as long as the invasive Burmese pythons blamed for wiping out small mammal populations in South Florida.

Ball pythons — long believed to be solitary creatures, and often kept as solo pets — seem to enjoy each other’s company, according to a new study out Ontario's Wilfrid University.

While part of the same genus, these two pythons are vastly different in size once they reach maturity. Ball pythons get to be about 4 feet long, while Burmese pythons can reach between 10 and 16 ...

This sleepy python is not the first snake ball to make the news in recent weeks. On Feb. 21, Florida wildlife experts discovered a 7-foot-wide, 500-lb. pile of invasive Burmese pythons in the ...

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. The competition raises awareness of the threat these snakes pose to the Everglades ecosystem.

Posted: June 3, 2025 | Last updated: June 14, 2025 Killer Ball Pythons; We travel all the way to Minnesota to visit Marc Bailey's Ball Python collection ...