The ball python was wrapped around her shower curtain and on top of her medicine cabinet. The woman's grandson says he helped retrieve another, smaller snake a few weeks ago.

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

As Esparza explained, a ball python needs consistently warm temperatures and cannot survive on Whidbey Island, even in the summer. The couple who found the snake placed a clear plastic tub over it ...

A three-foot python, found by a resident in an 2nd floor apartment in Chicago, is now in the hands of Chicago Animal Care and Control. The woman made the discovery Monday evening in her bathroom.