The toxic cane toad has placed evolutionary pressure on snakes to adapt their body shape, Australian researchers say. Evolutionary biologist Ben Phillips and PhD supervisor Professor Richard Shine of ...
The 10 snakes faced a tough predicament. Collected from the Colombian Amazon, they had been without food for several days in ...
Larger garter snakes (they can grow about 3 feet long) also eat meadow voles, which will otherwise wreak havoc on roots, tubers and bark. My favorite snakes are among the most docile encountered in a ...
Fears about the impact of invasive, poisonous toads in Madagascar appear to be justified, suggests new research. The amphibians are driving a spike in deaths of a native snake species. Asian common ...
Snakes are smarter than most give them credit for and a new study published in the ecoevorix journal only reinforces that. What they found was Amazonian ...
The cane toad may be the poster animal for invasive species. Native to South America, it has been introduced to many other ecosystems in the hope it would chow down on agricultural pests. Instead, the ...
Insect clone armies, secret underwater passageways and cannibalistic toads are just a few examples of nature discoveries that wowed us this year. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...