Two-headed snake a unique find for herpetology lab
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's herpetology lab is seeing double after securing a two-headed garter snake.
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News tagged with garter snakes
Snakeskin inspires new, friction-reducing material
A research team led by CU Boulder has designed a new kind of synthetic "skin" as slippery as the scales of a snake.
Polymers
Mar 3, 2021
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New research on garden-variety snake sheds light on how reptiles evolved
New research on a garden-variety snake in Alberta provides an unprecedented look at how their skulls develop—and may offer new clues into how reptiles evolved.
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Aug 8, 2019
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One snake's prey is another's poison: Scientists pinpoint genetics of extreme resistance
A select group of garter snakes can thank their ancestors for the ability to chow down on a poisonous newt and live to tell the tale.
Plants & Animals
Jun 9, 2016
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Snake fungal disease parallels white-nose syndrome in bats
A deadly fungal infection afflicting snakes is eerily similar to the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats, researchers report.
Ecology
Jun 18, 2015
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Seminal plugs cost red-sided garter snakes dearly
Bubbling out of their hibernation burrows as the temperature begins to rise, male red-sided garter snakes only have one thing on their mind: mating. And with females in short supply, the pressure is on. But how much effort ...
Plants & Animals
May 13, 2015
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Snakes in evolutionary arms race with poisonous newt
The rough-skinned newt is easily one of the most toxic animals on the planet, yet the common garter snake routinely eats it. How does a newt which produces enough toxin to kill several grown humans almost immediately manage ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 17, 2014
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Scientists gear up to fight deadly snake fungal disease
Researchers have developed a faster and more accurate way to test for infection with Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, a fungus that is killing snakes in the Midwest and eastern United States. The test also allows scientists to ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 15, 2014
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Natural 'keystone molecules' punch over their weight in ecosystems
Naturally occurring "keystone" molecules that have powerful behavioral effects on diverse organisms often play large but unrecognized roles in structuring ecosystems, according to a theory proposed in the June issue of BioScience.
Ecology
May 16, 2013
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Biologists map the family tree of all known snake and lizard groups
(Phys.org) —A George Washington University biologist and a team of researchers have created the first large-scale evolutionary family tree for every snake and lizard around the globe.
Plants & Animals
May 8, 2013
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