Preserved pigment cells in a snake fossil — the cream-colored material in the image is fossilized skin — allowed scientists to determine the ancient snake's color in life. Preserved pigment cells in a ...

NEW YORK — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is helping residents identify snakes. By doing so they hope to keep residents safe and avoid unnecessary fear. During the spring ...

"Give people peace of mind, we get that a lot," Jason Compton, a local businessman, said.Compton wanted to answer questions he had about snakes, questions which gave him anxiety."Actually the fear I ...

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 University of Michigan study has examined a color range that humans can't see and ...

An image of a copperhead snake, a type of venomous snake that can be found in South Carolina. Chuck Liddy File photo Slither season is back. Warmer spring weather has returned to South Carolina and ...

COLFAX — Kevin Hood always has loved snakes, so much so that family and friends would turn to him for help identifying them. The trouble was, most of the time, the photos they sent him showed snakes ...