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 python ...

A pharmacokinetic and microbiological evaluation of the potential use of piperacillin, an extended spectrum beta-lactam, in blood pythons (Python curtus) was conducted. Minimum inhibitory ...

Experts at the St. Louis Zoo are trying to figure out how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs despite not being near a male python for more than 15 years. Mark Wanner, manager of herpetology at ...

In comic books, many superheroes have gained extraordinary powers after being transfused with the (often modified or irradiated) blood of animals. But, as so often happens, life proves stranger than ...

Animal rescuers in New York said they captured a 4-foot ball python in a Queens park -- but two more of the snakes are still on the loose in the area.

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Vol. 42, No. 3 (September 2011), pp. 444-450 (7 pages) The objective of this study was to determine the pharmacokinetics of a long-acting formulation of ceftiofur ...