Forty-eight adult and 17 immature male lined snakes (Tropidoclonion lineatum) were collected in St. Louis, Missouri, during the active seasons of 1978-1980. Testis mass was lowest in early spring and ...

Snakes, found on all continents except Antarctica, play vital roles in ecosystems. With over 3,000 species, they exhibit unique mating behaviors such as forming mating balls. Crossbreeding is possible ...

Every spring, red-sided garter snakes leave their hibernation burrows to engage in a frenzied jumble of mating. But a new study finds that doing the deed is no easy feat for males; in fact, they can ...

For years scientists have known that some species of sharks, fish and lizards are capable of "virgin births," asexual reproduction known as parthenogenesis that occurs when unfertilized eggs develop.

A 62-year-old ball python at the Saint Louis Zoo laid viable eggs, defying expectations as she hadn't been with a male for ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (Memphis) It’s mating season for snakes and ...

A long-term study of copperhead snakes in a forest near Meriden, Conn., revealed that five consecutive years of drought effectively ended the snakes' reproductive output. A long-term study of ...

The dam that forms Varsity Lake on the University of Colorado campus is solid, but nevertheless riddled with crevices that provide safe havens for western terrestrial garter snakes, Thamnophis elegans ...

A rarely seen moment of snake love was seen in Florida, when state biologists spotted a slithering mass of mating snakes filling one of the cracks in Jackson Bluff Dam. FWC Fish and Wildlife Research ...