Bob the Ball Python is a surrendered pet who now resides at the Great Lakes Aquarium. “Sometimes the the staff will affectionately call him Robert depending on how he is that day,” Danielle Tikalsky, ...

St. Louis Zoo officials are trying to solve the mystery of how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs without being around a male python for at least two decades. An expert at the zoo says it’s ...

Ball python, a beloved species of Central and Western Africa, live for 20 to 30 years in captivity when nurtured with care, while those in the wild rarely cross 15 years. One python at the Saint Louis ...