A Chinese woman shocked the internet after developing purplish-red “snake skin” patterns on her body from using a “pure traditional Chinese medicine” ointment for over a decade. The 40-year-old woman, ...

A woman in China was left with mysterious stripes all over her skin after using a tincture she bought online—leaving doctors baffled. The woman, 40, known by the pseudonym Tingting, was admitted to ...

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 ...

In many animals, skin colouration 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 ...