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 ...

Six babies born to a 11-year-old reticulated python at the Louisville Zoo have only one parent—they are the result of a virgin birth. The python, 200-pound, 20-foot-long Thelma, had never been near a ...

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 ...

An 11-year-old reticulated python named Thelma produced six female offspring in June 2012 at the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky, where she lives with another female python, Louise. No male had ever ...

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 ...