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Smith College students build winter home for threatened rat snakes
Smith College students and staff have built a man-made hibernaculum at the MacLeish Field Station as part of a habitat restoration project for native species. The hibernaculum will provide a protected shelter for Eastern rat snakes and other reptile and rodent species during the winter months.
Beware the vipers: These snakes appear to strike the fastest
Some vipers are the sprinters of snakes. Researchers compared 36 venomous snakes from three families. Vipers wielded the fastest attacks. Some members of one of the other families could give slower vipers stiff competition.
Anacondas became massive 12 million years ago — and it worked so well, they haven't changed size since
Anacondas average between 13 and 16 feet (4 to 5 meters) long, the same length they've been for 12 million years. (Image credit: Andres Alfonso-Rojas) Anacondas have been giant for millions of years, a new study finds.
Cold snap in Florida made Burmese python puke up a whole deer
Difficulty digesting large meals may limit where these temperature-sensitive snakes can call home — and that might be a good thing in places where they're invasive.
Smith College students build winter home for threatened rat snakes
Smith College students and staff have built a man-made hibernaculum at the MacLeish Field Station as part of a habitat restoration project for native species. The hibernaculum will provide a protected shelter for Eastern rat snakes and other reptile and rodent species during the winter months.
Beware the vipers: These snakes appear to strike the fastest
Some vipers are the sprinters of snakes. Researchers compared 36 venomous snakes from three families. Vipers wielded the fastest attacks. Some members of one of the other families could give slower vipers stiff competition.
Anacondas became massive 12 million years ago — and it worked so well, they haven't changed size since
Anacondas average between 13 and 16 feet (4 to 5 meters) long, the same length they've been for 12 million years. (Image credit: Andres Alfonso-Rojas) Anacondas have been giant for millions of years, a new study finds.
Cold snap in Florida made Burmese python puke up a whole deer
Difficulty digesting large meals may limit where these temperature-sensitive snakes can call home — and that might be a good thing in places where they're invasive.
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