Hyderabad, May 6 -- A first-of-its-kind decade-long study on urban snake ecology in Hyderabad has revealed a steady rise in human-snake encounters, highlighting the growing impact of urbanisation and climate on snake behaviour in the city.
The study, conducted by researchers from Hyderabad-based CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in collaboration with the Friends of Snakes Society, analysed 55,467 snake rescues carried out between 2013 and 2022.
The findings have been published in the journal *Global Ecology and Conservation, the centre said in a release here on Wednesday.
According to the study, snake rescues in Hyderabad increased by 8-10 per cent annually during the period, reflecting rapid urban expansion, land-use...