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 ...

Among the 5 000 existing species of mammals, more than 100 have their genome sequenced, whereas the genomes of only 9 species of reptiles (among 10 000 species) are available to the scientific ...

An American species of snake was captured slithering on the veranda of a flat in a Scottish high rise, with animal rescue officials asking for the public's help in finding the reptile's owner. In a ...