We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While many homes welcome cats or dogs, others opt for a pet that is considered more unconventional: snakes. Those who have accepted the scaly ...

Love them or hate them, snakes are biologically fascinating. This image shows the skeleton of a corn snake. Its flexible spine and jaws allow it to eat animals like mice and rats that you would never ...

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 ...

Forty-six years ago this summer, a gallon of gas cost 70 cents. “Shadow Dancing,” sung in a breathy voice by the Bee Gees’ kid brother, Andy Gibb, was disco-stepping atop the billboard charts. And ...