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 ...

Nature creates incredible works of living art through its many different animal patterns, such as a leopard’s spots or a zebra’s stripes. But how do animals get these unique designs, and why are no ...

A Nile crocodile. Leigh Bedford via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0 We commonly refer to scaly, itchy skin rashes as “crocodile skin.” Scientists, however, have just proven that real crocodile ...

Scientists discovered fossilized reptile skin in an Oklahoma cave, revealing the oldest known example dating back nearly 300 million years.

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 ...