In the study of why and how animals look the way they do, color is king—at least, the range of color humans can see. A University of Michigan study has examined a color range that humans can't see and ...

"Give people peace of mind, we get that a lot," Jason Compton, a local businessman, said.Compton wanted to answer questions he had about snakes, questions which gave him anxiety."Actually the fear I ...

Two species of snakes, the green tree python and the Kapuas mud snake, exhibit fascinating color-changing abilities to adapt to their environments. The green tree python transitions from red or yellow ...

An image of a copperhead snake, a type of venomous snake that can be found in South Carolina. Chuck Liddy File photo Slither season is back. Warmer spring weather has returned to South Carolina and ...

Determining a snake's gender poses challenges due to subtle physical differences between males and females. While tail length and coloration offer clues, hemipenis probing provides the most accurate ...

Most snakes can only see the colors blue and green, along with ultraviolet light in some cases. New research, however, suggests that sea snakes have evolved to actually regain the wider-color vision ...

The earliest snakes lost much of their ability to see color as they inhabited dimly lit spaces. Now, a collaboration of researchers from The University of Adelaide (Australia), The University of ...

Snakes are a hallmark of healthy habitats. And throughout the country, most habitats have more snakes present in early fall than at any other time of the year, even spring. The explanation is a simple ...