Scientists found that a single gene controls striking corn snake patterns like stripes and blotches. While essential for ...

In many animals, skin coloration and its patterns play a crucial role in camouflage, communication, or thermoregulation. In ...

What should you do if you encounter a snake? They're coming out of hiding for spring, so here's what you need to know about ...

Corn snakes are famous for their dazzling colors and intricate patterns, yet the genetic basis of their variations has long ...

On Rossel Island, Kraus found Dendrelaphis melanarkys, or the black net tree snake. This 4-foot, 11-inch reptile is easier to ...

Regulatory and disruptive variants in the CLCN2 gene are associated with modified skin color pattern phenotypes in the corn snake. Genome Biol. 2025;26(1):73. doi: 10.1186/s13059-025-03539-0 Never ...

Diamondback watersnakes are among the top snakes you'll find while tubing down the Comal and Guadalupe rivers.

Six venomous snake species reside in South Carolina, with the copperhead being the most common. Timber rattlesnakes are rare ...

From the mines of Papua New Guinea to the water tanks of India, here are where researchers are finding new species.

So far, researchers have only found one Thasun’s bronzeback snake on Maragala Mountain in southern Sri Lanka, an island country off the southeastern coast of India. The new species was identified by ...