Many snake species have adapted to a burrowing lifestyle, using their digging skills for protection, temperature regulation, ...

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

Spring is here for Texans. Tubers will soon crowd rivers to float and escape the sun, but they aren't alone. Snake season ...

For 528 days, Valerie the miniature dachshund survived in the Australian wilderness by eating roadkill, evading venomous ...

Conservationists are working to increase access to environmental education in Milwaukee so students of color can connect with ...

Conservationists are working to increase access to environmental education in Milwaukee so students of color can connect with ...

In many animals, skin coloration and its patterns play a crucial role in camouflage, communication, or thermoregulation. In the corn snake, some morphs display red, yellow, or pink blotches, and their ...

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

While the vast majority of Texas' snakes are completely harmless, about 15% are venomous, including rattlesnakes, ...

SC has native venomous snakes like copperheads, cottonmouths and coral snakes. SCDNR advises people to avoid snakes and to ...

The intriguing new species, spanning around four feet and one inch in length, was found to have a "matte black" coloring.

Intrigued by this “unusual” change in color, researchers caught several snakes, took a closer look at them, tested their DNA and realized they’d discovered a new species: Trimeresurus cryptographicus, ...