Why Solitary Reptiles Lay Eggs In Communal Nests
Monday, September 7, 2009 - 16:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Reptiles are not known to be the most social of creatures. But when it comes to laying eggs, female reptiles can be remarkably communal, often laying their eggs in the nests of other females. New research suggests that this curiously out-of-character behavior is far more common in reptiles than was previously thought.