Scientists at the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky are trying to solve a new evolutionary mystery after a female python gave birth to several healthy babies, despite having no contact with a male for over ...

LONDON—It was demented from the very first minute. It began with a blast of American military band patriotism, John Philip Sousa’s The Liberty Bell, playing to a graphic montage of bizarre images ...

Zoo's discovery marks first known virgin birth for a reticulated python. Virgin births among snakes and some other species isn't so rare after all Reticulated pythons are the world's largest snakes.

In mythology, the Lernaean Hydra was a multi-headed serpentine with virulent blood and poisonous breath. This water monster was considered as an entrance to the Underworld. Heracles, more prominent as ...

Not the world's largest snakes, and the Louisville Zoo has the reticulated python to prove it. Zoo officials said Thursday that one of their female reticulated pythons, Thelma, gave birth to six baby ...

Scientists at the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky are trying to solve a new evolutionary mystery after a female python gave birth to several healthy babies, despite having no contact with a male for over ...