Snakes shed their skin several times per year. Shedding is a good indicator that snakes are getting enough nutrition, that their environments have proper humidity levels, and that they are overall ...

A large South Carolina snake has become a hit on the internet for shamelessly stripping off its skin as cameras rolled at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort south of Charleston. The resulting display was ...

In corn snakes, certain lineages have red, yellow or pink colours, and their dorsal spots can merge or form stripes. In many animals, skin colouration and its patterns play a crucial role in ...

Carrying its petite frame and all-yellow skin, the recently scrutinized sea snake populations from Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica, already seem different enough to be characterized as a new subspecies.

A team from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, visited the Normandy Reservoir on Oct. 2 and found an unusual-looking Burmese python, officials said. Office of Environmental Stewardship ...

Burmese pythons, an invasive species in the Everglades, are being hunted and their skins used for luxury goods. Hunters like Zach Hoffman and Amy Siewe detail the process of skinning and preparing ...