When most people think of snakes, they imagine dull colors, brown, green, maybe a little black. But not all snakes blend in with their surroundings. Some of them are bright, bold, and surprisingly ...

As a graduate student at the Free University of Brussels nearly 20 years ago, Athanasia Tzika analyzed the genomes of several animals to better understand their diversity. During this time, the ...

A new type of snake, a species of bush viper, was discovered in southern Tanzania during a recent biological survey. The snake's exact location is being kept secret to protect the visually striking ...

I often get requests via email or social media to assist with the identification of a particular animal (I love to do this by the way – so feel free!) On multiple occasions, the request is of a ...

Watch out—Oregon snakes can be found lurking in the water!

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 ...