By Herp News It's been a long, long winter Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

It started in still-frigid New England, hit half a dozen aquariums on the way, and ended up on the beaches of Jacksonville, Florida, carrying 52 cold-stunned sea turtles back to warmer climes after a period of rehabilitation at each aquarium. It was dubbed the Great Sea Turtle Trek. From the National Aquarium’s WATERblog: The #SeaTurtleTrek […]

By Herp News A small, boneless creature, that lives underground, with a “hundred” legs, and a rather powerful sting; some of these creatures are drab, but some are so beautiful and brightly colored that they can startle. Centipedes. There is more to a centipede than its many legs, and its habit of darting out of […]

By Herp News WWF-Indonesia had considered the impact of the publication of finding traces of Sumatran rhinos in Kalimantan. In the two-month period before it was published, WWF-Indonesia had coordinated with various parties, including the local government, the Forestry Ministry, rhino experts, local university and other related parties to set up strategies and to ensure […]

By Herp News In less than 40 years, drinking wine could have a major toll on the environment and wildlife, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study finds that climate change will likely force many vineyards to move either north or to higher altitudes, leading […]

By Herp News Less than 100 Sumatran rhinos survive in the world today, according to a bleak new population estimate by experts. The last survey in 2008 estimated that around 250 Sumatran rhinos survived, but that estimate now appears optimistic and has been slashed by 60 percent. However conservationists are responding with a major new […]

By Herp News Brevard Zoo has been awarded a $39,800 grant to open a new Sea Turtle Hospital that will treat sick and injured endangered sea turtles . Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A newly-hatched western pond turtle is small enough to be eaten by a bullfrong, one of many perils it faces. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Brevard Zoo has been awarded a $39,800 grant to open a new Sea Turtle Hospital that will treat sick and injured endangered sea turtles . Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The black-and-brown reticulated boa constrictor slithered from one of Eric Sheets’ arms to the other while his children, Mackenzie, 15, and Evan, 19, oohed and aahed over the black Eastern Kingsnake their dad just bought for $100. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

I had Tilly my turtle outside sun bathing today in a gaint pond insert and the dog was chained up and i didn’t relize that she could get to it. But some how my dog got the turtle out of the pond insert.Tilly is doing just fine i think. He is eating and acting normal […]

By Herp News redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Researchers at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Dresden have discovered that a freshwater turtle species declared extinct has not died out as experts had previously believed – in truth, it never existed. The Seychelles mud turtle Pelusios seychellensis was originally described in 1906 […]