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 ...

As a kid, if we were crabby, arguing with our siblings or were just under the weather, my dad had the solution — “Go outside!

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

"It is not a new color," John Barbur, a professor of optics and visual science at City St George's, University of London, ...

According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mut ...

McGill researchers have demonstrated something long assumed: that glances can transmit information about one's mental state ...

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

Snakes, with over 3,600 species, possess unique visual adaptations crucial for hunting and survival. Lacking eyelids, their ...

Sam Altman’s Orb scans eyes to verify identity, but privacy concerns, contact lens issues, and global rollout hurdles are ...

A new book explains much of what is known about these diverse animals, including pleasure and sex—as well as the downsides of ...

From snakes that use their tongues to “smell” to compound bug eyes that overwhelm human sight, visitors to Lake Metroparks’ Penitentiary Glen Reservation on April 18 got a chance to see how animals ...