Scientists at George Washington University have mapped out the first large-scale evolutionary family tree for every snake and lizard known to exist. From Phys.org: The findings were recently published in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. Alex Pyron, the Robert F. Griggs Assistant Professor of Biology in GW’s Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, along with […]

By Herp News A common little moth turns out to have the best ears in the animal kingdom. According to a new study in Biology Letters, the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) is capable of hearing frequencies up to 300,000 hertz (300kHz), which is 15 times the frequency humans can hear at their prime, around […]

By Herp News It's a monument to the cold-blooded, an inn for those who slither, a schoolhouse for those who fear reptiles. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News When a resident on Iron Springs Road near Fairfax was bitten by a rattlesnake last week as temperatures soared, it served as a reminder that the potentially deadly reptile is once again active in Marin. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

With Eugenio at the controls, the motor canoe “Mai Kai” nudged her way through emergent grasses in the shallow channel. If lucky, we’d be able to reach a few of the water lettuce beds that floated on the open waters of the interior coche (oxbow). We were already amidst some chorusing treefrogs, but it seemed […]

By Herp News Custom label manufacturer Lizard Label announces the addition of tamper-evident labels to its custom capabilities catalogue. (PRWeb May 09, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/product_labels/custom_labels/prweb10706184.htm Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

This image of a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Vittorio_K, is our herp photo of the day! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News When a resident on Iron Springs Road near Fairfax was bitten by a rattlesnake last week as temperatures soared, it served as a reminder that the potentially deadly reptile is once again active in Marin. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News It sounds ludicrous, but it could just be true: scientists say seagulls may be responsible for hundreds of southern right whale moralities off the Argentine coastline. Since 2003, scientists have documented the deaths of 605 southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) near Península Valdés which the whales use as a nursery. Notably, 88 […]

By Herp News A carnivorous, cannibalistic tadpole may play a role in understanding the evolution and development of digestive organs, according to new research. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Canadian researchers have discovered fossils of dog-sized dinosaurs, suggesting the prehistoric reptiles came in a much wider range of sizes than once believed. From The Province: A newly identified species of dome-headed dinosaur roughly the size of a large dog once roamed the plains of southern Alberta, a team of Canadian scientists announced Tuesday. The […]

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By Herp News A female chameleon recently adopted by Christina Hazelton, of Lebanon, founder of Upper Valley Reptile Group, is shown off to the public during an open house in Norwich. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News When a resident on Iron Springs Road near Fairfax was bitten by a rattlesnake last week as temperatures soared, it served as a reminder that the potentially deadly reptile is once again active in Marin. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Local researchers and wildlife guards say 17 armed elephant poachers have gained access to Dzanga Bai, a large waterhole and clearing where up to 200 forest elephants visit daily in the Central African Republic (CAR)’s Dzanga-Ndoki National Park. WWF, which works in the region but has recently evacuated due to rising violence, […]

By Herp News A new video highlights the work of Badru Mugerwa as he sets and monitors 60 remote camera traps in one of the most rugged tropical forests on Earth: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. Mugerwa is working with the TEAM Network, run by Conservation International, which monitors mammal and bird populations in […]

By Herp News On March 21st, the organization Save the Elephants posted on their Facebook page that two African elephants had been poached inside a nearby reserve: “Sad news from the north of Kenya. Usually the national reserves are safe havens for elephants, and they know it. But in the last two weeks two of […]

By Herp News What do children’s toys, balloons, mattresses and plastic bags have in common? They can, along with more non-biodegradable pollutants, be found in the belly of a sperm whale, the topic of a new study in the Marine Pollution Bulletin. The same whale that swallowed Jonah from the Bible, Geppetto from Collodi’s Pinocchio, […]

By Herp News CHICAGO, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Wax® has had enough of the extended winter and cold spring blanketing the country.  With warmer temperatures forecasted this week, Turtle Wax is responding with … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

I had never thought much about the color gray. I considered it a drab color, a color that I had come to associate with a few of the species that were not then very high on my herp “Iwannasee” list. But then I met a skink and I realized that beauty truly was in the […]

Have you been enjoying the increasingly mild winters across much of the United States, particularly the Midwest, in recent years? Wildlife, including some reptiles and amphibians like the wood frog, pictured right, definitely haven’t. From the University of Wisconsin: In a report published May 2 in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, a […]

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By Herp News A turtle-crossing sign on River Road in Bedminster. / NJ Press Media file 2010 BEDMINSTER — Township officials are looking to spend more than $210,000 on a series of tunnels that won’t be used by motorists, cyclists or pedestrians. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon […]

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By Herp News As mama sea turtles begin arriving along area beaches to lay their eggs, area officials are reminding coastal residents that it's time once again to shield or turn off lights that can lead turtles astray. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The beginning of sea turtle nesting season in Southwest Florida is upon us once again. May 1 marked the “official” start of nesting season, but Captiva was the lucky recipient of the first loggerhead nest on the west coast on Sunday, April 28. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]

By Herp News Ordinarily, invasive and exotic species are a grave threat to native wildlife: outcompeting local species, introducing parasites and disease, and disturbing local ecological regimes. A unique case in the Brazilian Pantanal, however, has turned the tables; here, an introduced mammal has actually aided the conservation of native wildlife. Go to Source …read […]

By Herp News A new powerful video by the conservation program, APES, highlights the threat faced by many species: not being cute enough. The creative short video was produced pro bono by Ogilvy & Mather Chicago. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

A schoolteacher’s son has discovered a new species of toad in Qatar. From the Gulf Times: It turned out to be a hitherto unrecorded species: the African Common Toad or Guttural Toad (Amietophrynus gutturalis). Easily recognisable from its pale dorsal stripe. New species of fauna turn up in Qatar all the time – this dry […]

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By Herp News An endangered lemur has a larger range than originally believed but is still at risk due to forest fragmentation and land clearing, reports a study published in the journal Primate Conservation. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

I am mother to a teenage sulcata tortoise. I brought out a carrot for Frankie and called to him, “Treat! Wanna carrot?! Carrot. Treat! Treat! Frankie, do you want a carrot? I got a carrot. Come get your carrot.” I got no response. Frankie’s been living outside now for a couple of weeks. His yard […]

By Herp News The Turtle Tidal Wave, yet another good-natured fundraiser sponsored by the Vacaville Rotary Club, washed over Vacaville on Saturday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News One of Turtle Bay Exploration Park’s featured animals will get nationwide exposure this month when he appears on the Fox comedy “New Girl.” Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Thanks to the power of kids, the endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle is now the top turtle in the great state of Texas. From The Houston Chronicle: The Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle, an endangered species that nests between South Padre Island and Chambers County, was approved as the state’s official sea turtle by the Texas […]

By Herp News Ricardo Valdez, left, and Brian W. Seibert in “Turtle Hill, Brooklyn.” During a party near the end of “Turtle Hill, Brooklyn,” a bunch of buddies soaking in a pool wonder what the name of the titular neighborhood means. No one is quite sure; then they laugh; then the subject changes. Go to […]

By Herp News In “Turtle Hill, Brooklyn,” a gay couple are unsettled emotionally, as are many of their party guests, for varied reasons.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The Greater Mekong region of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand and Vietnam will lose a third of its remaining forest cover by 2030 unless regional governments improve management of natural resources and transition toward a greener growth model, warns a new report issued by WWF. Go to Source …read more Read more […]

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