Bill Bateman (@acanthoplus.bsky.social)

Too Hot, Too Cold, Just Right: The Goldilocks Effect in Garter Snake Habitat Use Our new paper, led by MSc student Harry Kumbhani and building on fieldwork conducted by former MSc student Curtis Abney, explores how Eastern Garter Snakes (Figure 1) navigate the complex thermal landscapes of wetlands in southern Ontario. Using detailed operative temperature models, which were copper snake replicas equipped with temperature loggers, our team quantified how three adjacent habitat types (closed forest, mixed shrub, and open peat; Figure 2) differ in the thermal opportunities they provide. http://tattersalllab.com/2025/12/13/too-hot-too-cold-just-right-the-goldilocks-effect-in-garter-snake-habitat-use/