WSB: Erosion blankets can tie snakes into knots
As Christopher Schalk was conducting research on roadkill in Texas, he noticed the roadways were often lined for miles and miles with erosion control blankets — ...
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Watch: Tiny Manitoba town draws 70K yearly — in snakes
Thousands of tourists come out to a small town in Manitoba every year to witness garter snakes emerge from hibernation. But while the human crowds can be large, ...
Watch: Two-headed copperhead gains viral celebrity status
A two-headed snake, which turned up in a Virginia backyard for visit last summer, slithered its way into viral celebrity status. The eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon ...
Rice fields help threatened California snakes
Federally threatened garter snakes in California are using flooded rice paddies as refuges, but irregular management practices may limit the help these agricultural ...
Watch: Female serpents sacrifice it all for sea turtle eggs
Taiwanese snakes will risk a lot for fresh turtle eggs. Female Formosa kukri snakes (Oligodon formosanus) feed almost entirely on reptile eggs, but they have a ...
Watch: Kangaroo rats use high speed kick flips to elude vipers
Crafty kangaroo rats really put the kick into their jump when attacked by venomous vipers. According to new research conducted with the help of high speed video ...
Deadly snake fungal disease doesn’t discriminate
Snake fungal disease infects snake species regardless of their ancestry, physical characteristics or habitats, according to new research. “It was totally randomly ...
Site visit insights: Managing for frogs and snakes
Site visits are critical to helping scientists learn more about species and their habitats. The trips often take them into areas most people do not have a chance ...
Reptile atlas highlights more biodiversity hotspots
Compared to other vertebrates, reptiles have been a mystery to science, and their distribution has been less understood than that of mammals, birds and amphibians. ...
WSB Study: Partial fencing doesn’t keep reptiles off road
Fencing just one side of a road cutting through wildlife habitat may minimize costs, but a new study from Ontario demonstrates that for reptiles, total fencing on ...