Colorful snakes use their hues for camouflage or as a venom warning signal. Brazilian Rainbow Boa has iridescent scales; Blue Coral Snake is electric blue/red. The list includes both venomous (Viper, ...

Lawsuit Seeks Endangered Species Protections for Colorful Arizona Snake TUCSON, Ariz. — The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for denying Endangered Species ...

Red snakes are perhaps the most visually stunning of these intriguing reptiles, drawing attention with vibrant shades of ...

Desert snakes slithering across the sand at night can encounter obstacles such as plants or twigs that alter the direction of their travel. While studying that motion to learn how limbless animals ...

For swimming through sand, a slick and slender snake can perform better than a short and stubby lizard. That's one conclusion from a study of the movement patterns of the shovel-nosed snake, a native ...

The morning sun beat down on the desert landscape of eastern Somalia, warming the rocky ground. A long, skinny creature moved easily across the dry ground — and caught the attention of scientists.

There are so many badass women in popular culture, like The Bride from Kill Bill and Imperator Furiosa of Mad Max: Fury Road. But right up there in the league of tough cookies are the Sand Snakes of ...

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 ...

Some snake species slither across the ground, while others climb trees, dive through sand or glide across water. Today, scientists report that the surface chemistry of snake scales varies among ...