A family in Cleveland, Australia, called in a professional snake catcher to remove the reptile Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

On a fall day in Gainesville, Georgia, Justin Kobylka, the forty-two-year-old owner of Kinova Reptiles, was preparing to cut open two clutches of snake eggs. He was hoping to hit upon some valuable, ...

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. By Asher Elbein The ball python ...

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Their feeding needs vary depending on their size, and you don’t need to feed them every day. What ball pythons eat. In general, the youngest, smallest ones eat small frozen feeder mice or rats. Larger ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

SHALLOTTE, N.C. (WECT) - One day after a large snake was found slithering around in the parking lot of a restaurant in Shallotte, a ball python, has been reunited with her owner. “That beautiful snake ...

Ball pythons are non-venomous snakes. They are popular as pets because of their generally docile existence. However, it is possible for a ball python to bite you. Ball pythons are considered ...

Snakes are totally fascinating with varieties of sizes, colors, and temperaments. Some species appear to cause fear and ...

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 ...