Wild Cam: Snakes suffer as chytrid wipes out frogs
A fungal disease that has wiped out entire populations of amphibians across the world is also affecting snake diversity — particularly among snakes that rely on ...
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JWM: Choppers firing painkiller bait control tree snakes
Toxic bait cartridges automatically fired from helicopters may be the first successful way to efficiently reduce numbers of invasive brown tree snakes at the ...
Watch: Invasive parasites spreading among Florida snakes
Invasive lung worms introduced by nonnative Burmese pythons are infecting — and possibly killing —native species of Florida snakes, and researchers say they are ...
Fungal disease drains energy and dries snakes out
A pair of new studies illuminate one of the ways that a fungal disease may be killing snakes as well as what methods may not work for protecting infected serpents. ...
Watch: Scientists work to improve brown tree snake detection
New research shows that invasive brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis) behavior makes it harder for researchers to detect them in Guam. The snakes have caused ...
JWM: Sumatran blood pythons shrinking in body size, numbers
Sumatran blood pythons are declining in body size and reproduction — possibly due to overharvesting on the Indonesian island. “This paper is the first one that ...
Humans not directly responsible for North American reptile deaths
Humans aren’t directly to blame for most North American reptile deaths, according to a large new meta-study that examines a host of research in the United States ...
California officials confirm snake fungal disease in state
A deadly snake fungal disease has officially spread into California — the farthest west of any detection yet, according to a recent bulletin from the state ...
Copperheads don’t reproduce after severe drought
Female copperhead snakes stop reproducing after severe drought. According to a study published in Scientific Reports none of the dozens of monitored female ...
Q&A: David Steen, giving snakes a voice
Sometimes he’s identifying snakes from tweeted pictures. Sometimes he’s reaching out to the public to increase awareness — and ease people’s phobias — of ...