Urbanization may lead to Puerto Rican boa decline
Increasing urbanization in Puerto Rico may cause declines in the territory’s endangered boa population. The Puerto Rican boa (Chilabothrus inornatus) is the ...
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JWM: Hog-nosed snakes need sandy dunes for nesting
Saying eastern hog-nosed snakes are a little prickly is probably an understatement. When Laura Robson, a master’s student at the University of Ottawa at the time, ...
Prescribed fires boost snake diversity in longleaf pine forests
Flames and snakes don’t just go well together on motorcycle decals and heavy metal album covers. According to new research, prescribed fires every few years in ...
Building a better wall to keep ratsnakes off the road
Researchers in Ontario are looking into whether a great wall could keep snakes from getting onto highways that can be lethal to them. Canada’s two populations of ...
Watersnakes help gauge mercury presence in streams
The tips of watersnakes’ tails retain levels of mercury that could indicate how contaminated rivers and streams are with toxins. “One of the advantage of brown ...
Kentucky aquatic snakes have high fungal disease prevalence
Aquatic snake species in Kentucky have high incidences fungal disease, which may affect their behavior without impacting their short-term survival. “We did see ...
Fungal disease affects snakes in 19 states and Puerto Rico
A new large-scale snake survey has found that a deadly fungal disease has spread through 19 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. The snake fungal disease Ophidiomycosis is ...
Fukushima’s radioactive soil contaminates snakes
The first thing Hannah Gerke noticed in her research area was the lushness. Plants in yards and along roads were overgrown. Animals had clearly gotten into some of ...
More indigo snakes need to be released for reintroduction success
At the right angle, the second longest native snake in the United States and Canada is a shimmery black. But just blink and catch the orange-throated serpent in a ...
DNA reveals multiple rattler populations in British Columbia
Hundreds of genetic samples have revealed multiple distinct populations of western rattlesnakes in the northern part of their range in British Columbia. “Western ...