One defense strategy that birds might employ involves draping their nests with snake skin. This tactic helps keep predators ...
"You don't want to mess with a mom python." Alarming video of giant snake nest in unexpected location sparks fear: 'They're incredibly protective' first appeared on The Cool Down.
When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an interesting decor choice. Researchers find that for some birds, it keeps predators at bay. When a bird drapes its nest with snake ...
The RattleCam is back! For the second year in a row, California Polytechnic State University and Dickinson College are live streaming a massive prairie rattlesnake den. The mega-den, which is located ...
A nest of snakes was discovered in a Wenatchee sewer pipe when a contractor ran a video camera down the line. City Engineer Gary Owen told The Wenatchee World he thought there were a half-dozen snakes ...
A bobwhite quail translocation study currently underway on private property in Polk County has shown some promising results and interesting findings regarding predation of active nests this year, ...
Source: Francis C. Franklin, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC-BY-SA-3.0 license. In what’s referred to as Batesian mimicry, harmless species can protect themselves from predators by ...