A few species in this family include the ball python ... to breathe or circulate blood. Brutal, but pretty metal. Additionally, many of these snakes are massive. Some pythons can weigh more ...

A study published August 19 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) found that python hearts appear to become less stiff, even while the blood pumping muscle is doing ...

With a quick glance, one could easily mix up a ball python and a smaller Burmese python. Upon a closer look, these two snakes have more differences than one might think. According to the Florida ...

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 ...