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, ...

When a ball python gets nervous, instead of lashing out and biting, he curls up into a little ball. The human-friendly snake will be one of thousands of reptiles for sale during the Colorado Reptile ...

Though widely bred in captivity in the U.S. and Europe, tens of thousands are exported from West Africa each year, with little understanding of what that means for their conservation or well-being.

A reptile shop owner has shared his concerns about being able to keep the animals warm during the cold snap as he is ...

The Ball python (Python regius) is a nonvenomous constrictor snake native to sub-Saharan Africa. Known for its docile temperament and manageable size, it has become one of the most popular pet ...

STEPHENS COUNTY, Ga. - A ball python with an amazing pattern on it's scales was hatched in Toccoa, Georgia. Justin Kobylka hatched what he calls the "Emoji Ball Python" at his reptile store in Toccoa.

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 ...

A 4-foot long ball python was spotted near a playground Friday afternoon in Greenbelt, Maryland. The exotic reptile was spotted on a sidewalk directly outside of the city's public works building.

Police say a large snake that went missing in a Victoria, B.C., neighbourhood has been found hiding under a vehicle. Victoria police issued a statement saying the nearly 1.4-metre-long ball python, ...