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 […]

Been a stressful week for me, I think more than for my turtle haha. My theory of what went wrong when my baby turtle stopped eating a week and a half after I got it: My house is colder than youraveragehome because of the way the sun hits it and the open area where I […]

By Herp News As part of a “Lazarus Project” to try to bring the Australian gastric-brooding frog back from extinction scientists have succeeded in producing early stage cloned embryos containing the DNA of the frog, which died out 30 year ago. Gastric-brooding frogs were unique in incubating their young in their stomachs. Go to Source […]

By Herp News With the number of Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) now under 200 and declining rapidly, a group of conservationists have organized an emergency summit to discuss courses of action to save the world’s smallest remaining rhino from extinction. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The reptile house opened Saturday and follows a renovation to restore the original look of the building constructed in 1875 and meet the zoo’s green initiatives. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

My son brought home a baby res turtle from the flea market. I have now done everything to complete what i have researched online. I only have a 10 gallon tank for now but I have the uvb light, heat light, basking area, filter, several things for it to eat like reptomin baby, dried shrimp, […]

By Herp News Some of the renovations to the Reptile House at Cincinnati Zoo. Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Visitors to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens will be able check out snakes, lizards, turtles and more in the revamped Reptile House beginning Saturday after the nearly 138-year-old building’s recent renovations. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc (TPZ) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for March 19, 2013 Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

kingsnake.com has remodeled our stores to upgrade the interface and refresh the product selections. We’ve also added several new stores, greatly expanding our product categories and choices. All of kingsnake’s stores are partnerships with some of the biggest names in online retailing, including Amazon.com, EBay and Cafe Press, and include thousands of products, many eligible […]

Internet scam artists come and go. On kingsnake.com, we’d prefer they go somewhere else. That’s why we have lots of systems in place to protect our visitors and advertisers. Because we have so many tools in our security kit, our fraud rate on-site is considerably lower than many comparable classified and auction sites. While we […]

By Herp News Ringed with forested mountains forming the borders with Laos and Vietnam, the northeast corner of Cambodia has been an intriguing blank spot among my extensive travels through the country. Nestled up against this frontier is Virachey National Park, created in 1993. I began searching for a way to explore this area a […]

By Herp News Conservations couldn’t agree if the glass was half-full or half-empty on action to protect elephants at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Bangkok, Thailand. Elephants, especially in Africa, have faced a massive rise in poaching over the last decade with tens-of-thousands shot dead every year. Forests elephants in […]

By Herp News When you’re on a scientific lizard hunt, it’s good luck to find the first specimen within minutes — unless that’s the last one you see for hours. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A control program on southern Vancouver Island provided the carcasses of over 5,000 adult and juvenile invasive alien American bullfrogs. Examination of their stomach contents confirms that bullfrogs eat virtually any organism that can fit into their large mouths, whether it be under water, at the surface, on land, even when it […]

By Herp News Reptile Week at Mystic Aquarium, 55 Coogan Boulevard, Mystic, will be held April 13 through 21. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Custom label and sticker manufacturer Lizard Label announces the availability of dissolvable labels and dissolvable adhesive – the perfect solution for short-term labeling (PRWeb March 14, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/dissovable_label/custom_label/prweb10518452.htm Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Custom label and sticker manufacturer Lizard Label announces the availability of dissolvable labels and dissolvable adhesive – the perfect solution for short-term labelingFairfield, NJ (PRWEB) March 14, 2013 Lizard Label, the expert custom label and sticker manufacturer, has announced the availability of a new product line – the dissolvable label. The label […]

By Herp News Caught in a beam of torchlight, the eyes of the slender loris reflect back a striking glow. In an effort to better understand these shy, nocturnal primates, a team of researchers set out to the Western Ghats of India. The resulting paper: Moolah, Misfortune or Spinsterhood? The Plight of the Slender Loris […]

kingsnake.com will be handing out our all new “Zombie” bumper stickers at this weekend’s NARBC Expo in Tinley Park, just outside Chicago, to celebrate the launch of our new “merch booth” on Cafe Press. kingsnake.com’s new designs, and old designs as well, are now available on t-shirts, tank tops, coffee mugs, and more all through […]

By Herp News An expedition to study the variable-scaled anole in the Andean uplands of Colombia begins with a less than scientific challenge: dealing with traffic. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Mr. Stubbs, an an 11-year-old American alligator who had his tail bitten off by a bigger alligator, is swimming again, thanks to the Phoenix Herpetological Society and The Core Institute Center for Orthopedic Research and Education. From ABC News: “We put him in deep water and he would roll over and capsize like a boat,” […]

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The budget sequester has forced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to slash port inspections at night and on the weekends, potentially leaving thousands of fish and reptiles stuck in an import limbo that could devastate two industries just getting back on their feet after the economic downturn. In a The budget sequester has […]

By Herp News Alex Pyron’s expertise is in family trees. Who is related to whom, who begat whom, how did they get where they are now. But not for humans: reptiles. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

The kingsnake.com banner pool ad program has made a big splash, and we don’t want you to miss out! Whether you’re a small hobbyist with just a couple of animals to sell, or a breeder or business who found regular banner advertising too expensive in the past, the kingsnake.com banner pool program is designed for […]

By Herp News Caught in a beam of torchlight, the eyes of the slender loris reflect back a striking glow. In an effort to better understand these shy, nocturnal primates, a team of researchers set out to the Western Ghats of India. The resulting paper: Moolah, Misfortune or Spinsterhood? The Plight of the Slender Loris […]

By Herp News Mai Khao Marine Turtle Foundation and JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa will stage the 4th Mai Khao Turtle Release on March 29, 2013. This important annual event is organized to raise funds and awareness for the plight of Phuket’s critically endangered sea turtles . Go to Source …read more Read more […]

By Herp News Longview’s Garth Pithan, of “ Reptile Road Show” fame, went from crime victim to crime avenger after a recent burglary at his burned-out home, according to Cowlitz County Sheriff’s office. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Buddhist leaders prayed for slaughtered African elephants in Bangkok, Thailand last week, reports WWF. During a special merit-making ceremony, often reserved for the recently deceased, Buddhist monks, abbots, and leaders prayed for the tens-of-thousands of elephants that have been killed for their ivory tusks. Bangkok is currently hosting an international meeting of […]

By Herp News Buddhist leaders prayed for slaughtered African elephants in Bangkok, Thailand last week, reports WWF. During a special merit-making ceremony, often reserved for the recently deceased, Buddhist monks, abbots, and leaders prayed for the tens-of-thousands of elephants that have been killed for their ivory tusks. Bangkok is currently hosting an international meeting of […]

By Herp News Buddhist leaders prayed for slaughtered African elephants in Bangkok, Thailand last week, reports WWF. During a special merit-making ceremony, often reserved for the recently deceased, Buddhist monks, abbots, and leaders prayed for the tens-of-thousands of elephants that have been killed for their ivory tusks. Bangkok is currently hosting an international meeting of […]

By Herp News On 3/13/13, Tortoise Energy Capital Corporation’s 3.95% Series C Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares (NYSE: TYY.PRC) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.0329, payable on 4/1/13. As a percentage of TYY.PRC’s recent share price of $10.17, this dividend works out to approximately 0.32%. On an annualized basis, the current yield is […]

By Herp News In the slow-moving freshwater of the Amazon River basin, a dark, scaly crocodilian known as the black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) is attempting a comeback from near extinction, but another crocodilian may threaten the recovery process, according to a new study in the journal Herpetologica. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

By Herp News In the slow-moving freshwater of the Amazon River basin, a dark, scaly crocodilian known as the black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) is attempting a comeback from near extinction, but another crocodilian may threaten the recovery process, according to a new study in the journal Herpetologica. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

From Ken Foose of Exotic Pets in Las Vegas, Nev., an update on efforts to ban exotic pet ownership in the state: After meeting with members of the HSUS and some Nevada senators on Friday, we now have a bit of new information to give. We have been told by a member of HSUS that […]

By Herp News Today, for the first time, sharks and rays have won the vote for better protection under CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), the world’s regulating body on trade in threatened species. Five shark species and the world’s manta rays, which includes two species, have received enough votes to be […]