From the corn snake's reddish-brown scales to the scarlet snake's coral snake mimicry, orange hues in snakes serve a variety of survival purposes. This vibrant color, often found in species across the ...

While reptiles are usually anticipated to be of dark shades like brown, black, and greys, to our surprise, there are some of them that quietly go unnoticed and totally beyond our expectations. Snakes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...