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

The ball python is the most commonly traded African species under CITES, with more than 3 million of these reptiles exported since 1975, mainly from Togo, Ghana and Benin. Listed under CITES Appendix ...

WHEATON, Ill. (CBS/AP) --A garter snake or a fox snake being found in a Chicago area forest preserve would not be news – but the snake that was found at a DuPage County preserve was nothing remotely ...

A loose ball python snake was captured Tuesday in a stakeout as the reptile was catching some sunshine along Big Dry Creek Trail in Westminster. Native to central and western Africa, ball pythons are ...

WHEATON, Ill. (WLS) -- A snake was found at a DuPage County forest preserve Wednesday. The DuPage County Forest Preserve Office found the snake, a ball python, at Herrick Lake Forest Preserve in ...

July 29 (UPI) --Authorities in Winnipeg, Manitoba, are asking the public to keep an eye out for an unusual loose animal: an African ball python. A city representative said Animal Services officers and ...