Constricting snakes must balance the energetic cost of constriction with the potential danger in releasing their prey too early. Therefore, it would be advantageous for these snakes to possess a mechanism to determine the...
Boa constrictor possess an elongate lung containing an anterior vascular section that abruptly changes into a saccular lung incapable of gas exchange. Measurements and analyses of data have shown that the anterior vascular...
Climate change is altering global temperature patterns and triggering phenological shifts,
including advancements in breeding events and changes in growth. Flowering in plants acts as an
indicator for phenological shifts and...