Mark Davis, Ph.D. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2012)

Mark Davis, Ph.D. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2012)

Prairie Research Institute

Conservation Biologist

Expertise: Conservation BiologyConservation BiologyeDNAeDNAenvironmental DNAenvironmental DNAevolutionary ecologyevolutionary ecology

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Fission-Fusion Dynamics in the Social Networks of a North American Pitviper

Researchers found that rattlesnakes can buffer each other's stress response, much like humans, when they endure a stressful event together. This is the first time "social buffering" has been studied in a reptile.
19-Jul-2023 01:40:36 PM EDT

INHS researchers reveal “virgin birth” in a crocodile

In a recent study published in the journal Biology Letters, a female crocodile living in isolation for 16 years at a Costa Rican zoo laid a clutch of eggs, a common practice among captive reptiles, even those without mates. After three months of incubation, one egg contained "a fully formed stillborn baby crocodile," a team of scientists found.
12-Jun-2023 03:20:06 PM EDT

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