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

Lots of snakes can detect heat, but only three families evolved true infrared targeting. Meet the most iconic predator from ...

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 ...

Now, researchers at the University of Geneva have uncovered the role of a single gene, CLCN2, in shaping these patterns, shedding light on how snakes develop their distinctive appearances. Corn snakes ...

Scientists found a 2-foot-long creature “inflating” its “bright blue” skin ... snake on Maragala Mountain in southern Sri Lanka, an island country off the southeastern coast of India. The new species ...

The flowerpot snake, possessing three sets of chromosomes, reproduces asexually and offers insights into DNA repair mechanisms relevant to human genetic conditions like Down syndrome.