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 ...

Justin Kobylka, of Georgia, said he’d spent years trying to perfect a different pattern on lavender albino ball pythons before the reptile was born with three yellowish smiley faces on its side ...

A selective python breeder has created an Emoji Ball Python snake after 8 years of trying. Justin Kobylka breeds snakes with unique patterns and sells them. The patterns are caused by recessive ...

After eight years of breeding, this lavender albino piebald ball python has three smiley faces ... three markings that look like smiley faces. Patterns like these come from recessive mutations ...

Hopcraft describes ball pythons as harmless, non-venomous snakes, bred for different patterns and colours. He hopes it's not a breeder dumping the exotic animals. "So this one being a normal ...