Herpetology has long navigated through tangled terrain in Papua New Guinea, where species mislabeling and sparse sampling ...

Field crews in Wyoming uncovered not one but four snake fossils so intact that their skulls, ribs, and tails lay in ...

2025 is the year of the snake. For me it was 2021. After moving back East, I spent a few months living in a friend’s country home in rural Connecticut. Just me, my husband and the six rat snakes ...

In many animals, skin colors and patterns play an essential role, whether for camouflage, communication, or thermoregulation. In corn snakes, some lineages display red, yellow, or pink hues, and their ...

Michigan has 18 snake species, most of which are harmless and beneficial to the ecosystem. Five common Michigan snakes include the Eastern garter, Eastern milk, Northern water, Eastern hog-nosed, and ...

Kraus named the new species Aspidomorphus dimorphus, from the Greek words meaning “two forms” to reference the snake’s “unique” color pattern. Thousands of new species are found each year.