Snakes exhibit a fascinating diversity of reproductive strategies, including egg-laying (oviparity), live birth (viviparity), and a combination of both (ovoviviparity). They utilize pheromones for ...

Forty-eight adult and 17 immature male lined snakes (Tropidoclonion lineatum) were collected in St. Louis, Missouri, during the active seasons of 1978-1980. Testis mass was lowest in early spring and ...

Snakes are found on every continent except for Antarctica and can occupy a wide range of habitats, including forests, deserts, grasslands, and aquatic habitats in both rivers and seas. This diverse ...

The flowerpot snake, one of the world’s smallest snakes, has some unusual distinctions. Also known as the Brahminy blind snake, it's the only known snake species with three sets of chromosomes instead ...

An animal's decision to stay in a protective refuge or venture from it will depend on the exigencies of other necessary functions (e.g., feeding, breeding, thermoregulation), which often will interact ...

A long-term study of copperhead snakes in a forest near Meriden, Conn., revealed that five consecutive years of drought effectively ended the snakes' reproductive output. A long-term study of ...

But if you’re thinking that the science of snake reproduction can help humans in the never-ending quest to find the ideal mate, Mason has some disappointing news for you: So far, the only evidence of ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A long-term study of copperhead snakes in a forest near Meriden, Connecticut, revealed that five consecutive years of drought effectively ended the snakes' reproductive output. Not ...