A snake’s scales are a highly recognizable element of snakeskin and are hard and glossy in an adult snake. But during development, the architecture of snake scales is underlain with a dense network of ...

Sea snakes are best known for their potent venom and startling colour schemes, leaving some impressive features overlooked. From nostrils that act as valves to tails and even scales that ease movement ...

The ring-neck snake is a thin black snake with smooth scales and a yellow or orange ring ... A new subspecies of this sea snake was discovered in 2017, the yellow sea snake (Hydrophis platurus ...

A new study suggests monkeys can identify snakes by their scales, and know to fear them, even when those scales aren't on a snake. Published in the journal Scientific Reports in November ...

Humans and monkeys may have evolved their keen ability to detect snakes due to a fear response triggered by the reptiles' scales, rather than their elongated bodies, according to research from ...