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 ...

Haymitch fans unite, as there's a new Hunger Games movie and book coming your way very soon. Here's what we know.

Casting for the film adaptation of Connecticut author Suzanne Collins' fifth "The Hunger Games" book, "Sunrise on the Reaping," was announced on Wednesday. The dystopian young adult novel released on ...

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 ...

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, ...

"The 2010 cold snap may have created a subset of pythons better able to survive cold temperatures — and thus better adapted ...

The interactive experience features cobra feedings, tortoise encounters, and behind-the-scenes access to the 6,500-square-foot Reptile Wing.

Six venomous snake species reside in South Carolina, with the copperhead being the most common. Timber rattlesnakes are rare ...

Most boas, which are a type of large, non-venomous constricting snake, prefer a diet of mammals, birds or reptiles. But ...

Snakes, like humans, get out and start moving around when the temperatures start to rise, and for the most part that’s ...