Media Coverage
Below are some examples of the media coverage of my research as well as the the material from the media platforms that I have worked with. While there are many other articles, they likely derive in part from these original sources.
Photo credit: Brad Moon
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Photo credit: Curtis Almeter
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2017
National Geographic: Snake Kills Bigger Snake With World's Most Powerful Squeeze. By Marcus Woo
New York Times: (Nat Geo Syndication) Snake Kills Bigger Snake with World's Most Powerful Squeeze.
Nature: Kingsnakes Go For the Big Squeeze.
Science News: A King Snake's Strength is in its Squeeze. By Elizabeth Eaton
The Atlantic: How to Kill a Snake When You're a Snake. By Ed Yong
The Science Times: Kingsnakes Use the World's Most Lethal Squeeze to Kill Much Bigger Opponents. By Kumar Rahul
Live Science: 'King of Snakes' Defeats Larger Serpents by Squeezing Them to Death. By Laura Geggel
DailyMail (UK): The Secret of the Kingsnake's Killer Coil Revealed: 'Astonishing' Constriction Forces Key to its Ability to Win Battles With Larger Snakes. By Cecile Borkhataria
Wissenschaft aktuell (Germany): Technik statt Muskeln: Wenn Schlangen Schlangen Verschlingen. By Joachim Czichos
De Standaard (Belgium): Hoe een wurgslang een wurgslang wurt. By Pieter Van dooren
Ciencia (Spain): Las Serpiente Pequena Que se Come a la Serpiente Grande. By Antonio Martinez Ron
SciMex (Australia/New Zealand): Best Constrictor or Not, Kingsnakes Eat Larger Snakes for Breakfast.
Yahoo News (Canada): How to Kill a Snake When You're a Snake.
Best China News (China): Two Snakes Fight, Who Will Win?
Yahoo News: How to Kill a Snake When You're a Snake.
Dailymotion: The Coil of a Kingsnake That Makes it Dangerous. By Wochit Headline News
MSN: The Coil of a Kingsnake That Makes it Dangerous.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette: Researchers Learn Why Kingsnakes Reign Over Constrictors.
Discovery Channel's Daily Planet filmed a short documentary about some of my resent work.
National Geographic: Snake Kills Bigger Snake With World's Most Powerful Squeeze. By Marcus Woo
New York Times: (Nat Geo Syndication) Snake Kills Bigger Snake with World's Most Powerful Squeeze.
Nature: Kingsnakes Go For the Big Squeeze.
Science News: A King Snake's Strength is in its Squeeze. By Elizabeth Eaton
The Atlantic: How to Kill a Snake When You're a Snake. By Ed Yong
The Science Times: Kingsnakes Use the World's Most Lethal Squeeze to Kill Much Bigger Opponents. By Kumar Rahul
Live Science: 'King of Snakes' Defeats Larger Serpents by Squeezing Them to Death. By Laura Geggel
DailyMail (UK): The Secret of the Kingsnake's Killer Coil Revealed: 'Astonishing' Constriction Forces Key to its Ability to Win Battles With Larger Snakes. By Cecile Borkhataria
Wissenschaft aktuell (Germany): Technik statt Muskeln: Wenn Schlangen Schlangen Verschlingen. By Joachim Czichos
De Standaard (Belgium): Hoe een wurgslang een wurgslang wurt. By Pieter Van dooren
Ciencia (Spain): Las Serpiente Pequena Que se Come a la Serpiente Grande. By Antonio Martinez Ron
SciMex (Australia/New Zealand): Best Constrictor or Not, Kingsnakes Eat Larger Snakes for Breakfast.
Yahoo News (Canada): How to Kill a Snake When You're a Snake.
Best China News (China): Two Snakes Fight, Who Will Win?
Yahoo News: How to Kill a Snake When You're a Snake.
Dailymotion: The Coil of a Kingsnake That Makes it Dangerous. By Wochit Headline News
MSN: The Coil of a Kingsnake That Makes it Dangerous.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette: Researchers Learn Why Kingsnakes Reign Over Constrictors.
Discovery Channel's Daily Planet filmed a short documentary about some of my resent work.
Photo Credit: Curtis Almeter
Missouri Southern State University's The Chart featured portions of my work.
Missouri Southern State University: Snake, Rattle, and Roll.
Sierra Magazine: The Science of a Snakebite. By Jason Daley
Mother Nature Network: Snakes are Amazing! 5 of Their Most Extraordinary Abilities. By Jaymi Heimbuch
La Louisiane: Surprising Serpents. By Charlie Bier
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2016
Bio Web: The 8th World Congress of Herpetology. By Martyn Drabik-Hamshare
PBS: Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of Giant Beasts.
BBC Earth: Almost All Snakes Have the Same, Mindboggling Superpower. By David Cox
Daily Mail UK: When Snakes Strike: High-Speed Footage Reveals How Reptiles Pounce on Their Prey in the Blink of An Eye. By Sarah Griffiths
Discovery Channel's Daily Planet: Debunking the Viper.
Discover Magazine: Even Harmless Snakes Strike at Deadly Speed. By Elizabeth Preston
Huffington Post: Snake Videos Show How Serpents Put Fighter Pilots to Shame. By David Freeman
I F***ing Love Science: Harmless Snakes Strike Just As Fast As Vipers. By Janet Fang
Los Angeles Times: Myth Busted: Vipers Aren't the Fastest Snake in the World. Others are Just as Fast. By Sean Greene
Live Science: Snakes on Planes? Serpents Accelerate Faster than Fighter Pilots. By Charles Q. Choi
Louisiana Radio Network: Viper Debunked as Fastest Striking Snake in the World.
National Geographic: Snake Myth Debunked Thanks to New High-Speed Video. By Michael Greshko
Nature: Snakes Strike With Super Speed.
New York Times: Debunking the Viper's Strike. By Samantha Stark and James Gorman
Daily Mail UK: When Snakes Strike: High-Speed Footage Reveals How Reptiles Pounce on Their Prey in the Blink of An Eye. By Sarah Griffiths
Discovery Channel's Daily Planet: Debunking the Viper.
Discover Magazine: Even Harmless Snakes Strike at Deadly Speed. By Elizabeth Preston
Huffington Post: Snake Videos Show How Serpents Put Fighter Pilots to Shame. By David Freeman
I F***ing Love Science: Harmless Snakes Strike Just As Fast As Vipers. By Janet Fang
Los Angeles Times: Myth Busted: Vipers Aren't the Fastest Snake in the World. Others are Just as Fast. By Sean Greene
Live Science: Snakes on Planes? Serpents Accelerate Faster than Fighter Pilots. By Charles Q. Choi
Louisiana Radio Network: Viper Debunked as Fastest Striking Snake in the World.
National Geographic: Snake Myth Debunked Thanks to New High-Speed Video. By Michael Greshko
Nature: Snakes Strike With Super Speed.
New York Times: Debunking the Viper's Strike. By Samantha Stark and James Gorman
Phys.org: Vipers Found to Not Have the Fastest Strike After All. By Bob Yirka
Reptiles Magazine: You Think Vipers are the Fastest Strikers? Think Again! By John Virata
Science: These Snakes Strike in Half the Blink of an Eye. By Patrick Monahan
Science News: Plain ol' Texas Rat Snake Basically Match Vipers for Speed. By Susan Milius
Smithsonian: To Scientists' Surprise, Even Nonvenomous Snakes Can Strike at Ridiculous Speeds. By Marcus Woo
The Scientist: Harmless But Zippy. By Catherine Offord
University of Central Missouri Magazine: Speed Demons of the Snake World. By Dalene Abner
University of Louisiana at Lafayette: Vipers Lose Rep as Snakes With the Fastest Strike.
Yahoo News: Snakes on Planes? Serpents Accelerate Faster than Fighter Pilots. By Charles Q. Choi
2015
Serpent Research: Death By Constriction, a Fourth Possible Cause. By John Murphy
Science Channel: The Longest Kiss Goodbye.