While on loan last year, the python helped draw 1.53 million visitors, just under the zoo’s attendance record of 1.56 million set in 2006, said Pete Fingerhut, the zoo’s associate director.

A python that had its tracking transmitter implanted by surgeons at Zoo Miami was recently found to be consumed by native cottonmouth, also known as a water moccasin. You can see the spine and the ...

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.

A python with a tracker was eaten by a cottonmouth snake in Florida — and the slithery meal was caught on x-ray. The Miami Zoo posted a photo of the amazing x-ray on its Facebook account.

Ancient Python Lays Eggs, Apparently Without Male Help The snake, which is about 62 and hasn’t had contact with a male python in at least 15 years, surprised zookeepers at the St. Louis Zoo.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — 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 at least two decades.Mark Wanner ...

ST. LOUIS – 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 at least two decades.