Captive environments for snakes commonly involve small enclosures with dimensions that
prevent occupants from adopting straight line body postures. In particular, the commercial …

Simple Summary Snakes are sentient animals and should be subject to the accepted
general welfare principles of other species. However, they are also the only vertebrates …

Abstract The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is responsible for reviewing the
biological status of hundreds of species to determine federal status designations under the …

A fundamental problem in landscape ecology is understanding the isolating effects of
different patterns of habitat loss and fragmentation on species and ecosystems. In the 21st …

Habitat loss and degradation are thought to be the primary drivers of species extirpations,
but for many species we have little information regarding specific habitats that influence …

Biofluorescence in mammal pelage is considered rare, but has been documented in multiple
taxa in recent years. Herein, we provide the first observations of biofluorescence in fossorial …

Prescribed fire is an essential tool for the restoration and maintenance of the longleaf pine
(Pinus palustris) ecosystem. This type of management benefits wildlife species that are …

Understanding the processes and mechanisms that promote lineage divergence is a central
goal in evolutionary biology. For instance, studies investigating the spatial distribution of …

Roads are significant barriers to landscape‐scale movements of individuals or populations
of many wildlife taxa. The decision by an animal near a road to either cross or not cross may …

The southeastern pocket gopher Geomys pinetis is absent from a large portion of its
historical range. Translocation may represent a viable management technique to reestablish …