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.

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

Firefighters in a Chicago suburb were called to a train to help capture a ball python that got loose from its owner and slithered into a control box panel.

Python hunting is allowed in Florida on both public and private lands to help thin the population of invasive snakes. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins grapples with a python.