The 62-year-old female snake living at the Saint Louis Zoo laid eggs without having to mate with a male. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the ...

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 ...

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. By Concepción de León A 62-year-old ball python gave birth to ...

It’s been about two months since zookeepers at the St. Louis Zoo found a ball python believed to be about 62 years old coiled around a clutch of seven eggs she had laid. But the surprise has not worn ...