A KZN snake expert has called on people not to release pet ball pythons into the wild after an increase in sightings of this non-indigenous, harmless snake in and around Durban.

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

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

The list highlights the top 10 most expensive snakes, including the Green Tree Python (Blue Morph) at $445,800 and the Sunset Ball Python at $70,000.

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

The top 10 most expensive snakes include the Green Tree Python (Blue Morph) at $445,800, Sunset Ball Python at $70,000, and Reticulated Python at $50,000, highlighting how rarity and genetics ...

KHON2 spoke with the HDOA to learn more about how illegal animals make it into Hawaii in the first place, even with inspections in place.

By nature, captive-bred corn snakes are milder than their wild counterparts. They seldom bite, and even when they do, the bites are minimal and are not usually severe enough to penetrate the skin.

A woman in New Hampshire was left terrified after finding a five-foot ball python slithering around her toilet - and police still don't know how it got there.

SEOUL: A baby ball python, an endangered species native to Africa, was found inside a hotel room in Yangyang County, Gangwon province, according to news reports on Wednesday (June 25).

Officials state that the snake is a non-venomous ball python. Ball pythons may grow up to six feet in length and are common in the pet trade on the mainland.