Both male and female ball pythons exhibit spurs, which are very tiny leg structures that are located on both sides of the cloaca. However, male ball pythons generally have larger spurs than females.

Today's question focuses on snake gender: What is more challenging for a python hunter to catch? A male or female python? For the answer, watch the video at the top of this page.

He said one tagged male led them to surprising number of other pythons, both male and female. "We gave his score count 12, 13 snakes that he led us to," Bartoszek said.

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

A Burmese python nicknamed “Argo” led researchers to a 15-foot-long, 115-pound female python who was surrounded by six randy males — seven including the newly arrived Argo — in what’s ...