Forest management practices in the eastern United States directly impact large parcels of
land that serve as habitat for timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus). We assessed the …

Garter snakes (Thamnophis radix), hognose snakes (Heterodon platyrhinos), and
rattlesnakes (Crotalus species) flick their tongues and crawl about in an open field …

I staged replicate encounters between unrestrained lizards and snakes in outdoor
enclosures to examine size-dependent predation within the common garden skink …

Abstract and Summary Predatory behavior was studied in 11 juvenile red spitting cobras
(Naja mossambica pallida) and in subadult monocled cobras (N. n. kaouthia). Both taxa …

Predators often employ a complex series of behaviors to overcome antipredator defenses
and effectively capture prey. Although hunting behaviors can improve with age and …

Ambush hunting is a foraging method used by a variety of taxa, and is particularly prevalent
within snakes. In this chapter, we review the behavioral characteristics, functional …

When captured, many prey respond by biting the predator or struggling to get free. However,
one indirect escape option is death feigning (DF), in which complete immobility supposedly …

The outcomes of predator–prey interactions between endotherms and ectotherms can be
heavily influenced by environmental temperature, owing to the difference in how body …

The ability of newborn timber rattlesnakes, Crotalus horridus, to follow the scenttrail of a
conspecific newborn, adult female and adult male, was investigated. Twenty newborn C …

Viperid snakes strike, envenomate, and release mammalian prey to prevent being harmed
by the prey; snakes must then track prey in the process of strike-induced chemosensory …