Scientists found that a single gene controls striking corn snake patterns like stripes and blotches. While essential for ...

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 ...

Scientists found a 2-foot-long creature “inflating” its “bright blue” skin on a mountain in Sri Lanka and discovered a new ...

The snake also has “bright blue” skin in between its scales, which is only “visible when inflated.” A Dendrelaphis thasuni, or Thasun’s bronzeback, showing its inflated defense mechanism.