Find out what you need to know about ball python bites and discover the potential health risks.

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

Learn about what ball pythons eat, how often you should feed them, reasons why they might not eat, and what to do if they won’t eat their food.

Leslie Leinwand, a University of Colorado Boulder professor, leads one of the few labs worldwide that studies pythons to improve human health.