A close look at baby ball pythons hatching, with a simple and engaging reptile moment.

This video features a purple motley marble ball python hatchling being examined after emerging from its egg clutch. The ...

Each of the hatchlings was about 20 inches long, and those that were recovered were handed over to forest officials.

Wildlife officials believe the new python population started because of snakes that were released or escaped from captivity Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto via Getty Burmese pythons have been ...

Researchers with the University of Florida’s “Croc Docs” team surgically Implanted a tracker in a python that led them to a spoil island off of Everglades Holiday Park. Without the tracker, it’d be ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge offers cash prizes to hunters for removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Pythons are ambush predators that use constriction to kill prey by cutting ...

A Florida pizzeria owner is redefining the term “exotic pet trade” by accepting captured Burmese pythons as payment for a pie. “I’m the first place in the world to accept python as currency,” Dustin ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's Short Wave podcast. When Skip Maas first adopted Agrapina, a mottled ball python, she hadn't eaten in 14 ...

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Moving the annual competition from January to July significantly increased the number of pythons captured. The timing of the challenge also coincides with the python hatching season, leading to more ...