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. Where are ball pythons native to?

The water district and University of Florida researchers deployed 120 robot rabbits this summer as an experiment.

A ball python from Leinwand’s lab. CREDIT: Yuxiao Tan. Compared with the hearts of pythons who hadn’t eaten, the fed pythons increased their own mass by close to 25 percent after eating.

Ball pythons are popular in the pet trade and grow up to be about 4 feet in length.

Why raising pythons for food is a truly terrible idea Pythons are environmentally destructive, dangerous for farmers to be around, and subject to cruelty. Plants are a much better option.

After users identified the snake as a harmless ball python, the user placed the snake in a container before reuniting it with its owner, free of complications. Do ball pythons like to be cuddled?

11 Burmese pythons – including one more than 16 feet long – were found wound up together.

Join Michael from The Reptile Zoo as he shares fun facts about ball pythons, including where they're from, their behavior, and what makes them unique!