By Herp News King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard opt for a big ol’ curveball on their latest effort, and they just about pull it off. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Were you ‘Seen’ at the turtle races at Madison’s? Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 10:19 pm, Sunday, March 17, 2013 Our cameras were at the turtle races at Madison’s on Sunday. Did we see you there? Go to […]

In addition to bringing you herp news, photos, and site updates, the kingsnake.com blog is launching a featured contributors program, bringing the biggest names in reptiles and amphibians to share their decades of experience and knowledge with our site visitors. Leading the launch this week is author, photographer, and columnist Richard Bartlett, one of the […]

By Herp News The Peruvian night monkey (Aotus miconax) is one of the world’s least known primates, having never been studied in the wild–until now. Found only in the cloud forests of northern Peru, a group of scientists with Neotropical Primate Conservation and the National University of Mayor San Marcos have spent 12 months following […]

By Herp News The Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), or aoudad, is a goat-antelope found in northern Africa. It is currently listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List, with populations imperiled by hunting, habitat loss, and competition with livestock. Still little is known about its remaining population, prompting scientists in Mexico to test possible assisted […]

By Herp News White-tailed deer are usually thought of as inhabiting temperate forests in the U.S. and Canada, but this widespread species can also be found across tropical forests, from Mexico to Peru. A new study in mongabay.com’s open access journal Tropical Conservation Science investigates the population of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Mexico’s Tehuacan-Cuicatlan […]

By Herp News Get out of your seat — okay, you don’t really have to do that. Turtle Beach , however, is certainly hoping its new headset won’t have you stuck there. After months of teasing, it’s finally here. This is the Seven Series , the company’s first set officially bred for Major League Gaming […]

By Herp News African lions (Panthera leo) living outside of protected areas like national parks or reserves also happen to be studied much less than those residing within protected areas, to the detriment of lion conservation initiatives. In response to this trend, a group of researchers surveyed an understudied, unprotected region in northwestern Mozambique called […]

By Herp News Gaur (Bos gaurus gaurus) is one of the large wild ungulates of Asian jungles. It is the tallest living ox, and one of the four heaviest land mammals (elephant, rhino and wild buffalo are the other three), weighing up to 940 kilograms (2,070 pounds) and standing between 1.6 and 1.9 meters (5.2 […]

By Herp News A recent study published in mongabay.com’s open access journal Tropical Conservation Science raises concerns about levels of heavy metals, particularly lead (Pb), present in shark meat, as well as the decline of shark abundance due to global fishing pressures. Sharks are primarily caught as by-catch for other fishing industries. By one account, […]

By Herp News Getting local people to become invested in wildlife conservation is not always easy, especially in parts of the world where protected areas are seen as taking away natural resources from local communities. This tension lies around Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe, where a growing population of livestock herders competes with wildlife. Go […]

my painted turtle laid one egg yesterday up in her sun bathing house, which has no sand for her to bury it in and my other turtles have access to it. so my boyfriend took it out of there and put it in a different tank over a heater, careful as not to tip it. […]

Animal cruelty is against the law — unless you do it to snakes, apparently. An Oklahoma humane wildlife and pest control company known as The Skunk Whisperer blasted the state Sunday evening on Facebook for what it described as “promoting felony animal cruelty on the OK tourism website.” From their post: Tens of thousands of […]