By Herp News BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — Federal officials say two members of the Kennedy family who thought they were doing a good deed by freeing an entangled sea turtle actually violated federal law. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Lizard Monitoring showcased its affordable remote temperature monitoring technology in its IFT 2013 booth (4576). Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Never underestimate the power of a snake. From NBC Washington: A snake slithered its way into some equipment at a power substation, knocking out electricity to thousands in Arlington late Saturday night. Read more here. …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News FIU Coach Turtle Thomas, formerly hitting coach and recruiting coach at LSU, is the featured instructor at a pair of upcoming baseball hitting clinics scheduled for Aug. 2-4 at the Louisiana Baseball and Softball Academy located in Harahan. Thomas… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon […]

By Herp News A 2-meter-long leatherback turtle was released back to the sea on Sunday night after laying eggs on the shore of Barangay (village) Rawis, this city, the spokesperson for the Naval Forces for Southern Luzon (Navforsol) said on Monday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]

By Herp News With the help of a robotic frog, biologists have discovered that two wrong mating calls can make a right for female túngara frogs. The “rather bizarre” result may provide insight into how complex traits evolve by hooking together much simpler traits. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

By Herp News NSW police searching for 23 reptiles, including an alligator, stolen from the Somersby reptile park. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News An Australian bushman and naturalist claims to have captured video footage of the night parrot, a bird not seen alive for more than a century. John Young, who describes himself as a wildlife detective, showed the footage and a number of still photos of the bird to a packed room of enthusiasts […]

Climate change is making it easier for snakes to successfully prey on baby birds — who then fail to grow up and eat the mosquitoes that transmit West Nile Virus. From Futurity.org: University of Missouri biologist John Faaborg says that farmers, public health officials, and wildlife managers should be aware of complex indirect effects of […]

By Herp News In the next few months, the beating of fragile fiery orange and black wings will transport the monarch butterfly south. But the number of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) reaching their final destination has steadily declined, dropping to its lowest level in two decades last winter, according to a recent survey. Go to […]

By Herp News “Gone are the tiger-filled days when Corbett, as a small boy wandering the jungles of Nepal in the 1880s, peeped over a plum bush that heaved as a tiger walked out on the far side.” Adele Conover, in the Smithsonian magazine. Even as recently as the 1930s, 40,000 tigers roamed the forests […]

By Herp News Fences are not the answer to the decline in Africa’s lions, according to a new paper in Ecology Letters. The new research directly counters an earlier controversial study that argued keeping lions fenced-in would be cheaper and more effective in saving the big cats. African lion (Panthera leo) populations across the continent […]

By Herp News Let’s go back some 14,000 years (or up to 50,000 depending on who you talk to), since this is the first time humans encountered the meandering, seemingly endless river system of the Amazon. Certainly, the world’s first Amazonians would have been astounded by the giant beasts of the region, including ground sloths […]

By Herp News When a giant tortoise named Lonesome George died, his kind, the Pinta Island tortoises of the Galapagos, suffered the same fate as the unfortunate dodo bird: Both bird and tortoise were wiped off their island homes and into extinction. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon […]

By Herp News Written by Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle, with illustrations by Catherine Hamilton, The Warbler Guide by Princeton University Press is the “go-to” guide for identifying the 56 species of warblers in the United States and Canada. Warblers are notoriously difficult to identify. These champion singers are small, hidden amongst the tree top […]

Check out this video “Spring Salamander Migration,” submitted by kingsnake.com user rugbyman2000. Submit your own reptile & amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/ and you could see them featured here or check out all the videos submitted by other users! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Keepers at a NSW reptile park are “devastated” after thieves broke in and stole 23 exotic animals, including an alligator, snakes and dragons. read more Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Staff at the Australian Reptile Park fear that 23 animals stolen overnight may not survive away from the specialised care of their keepers. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Jake Jachna of Ocala asked what to do if a gopher tortoise is seen on the road, which raised a bigger question about other animals encountered by motorists. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News NSW police searching for 23 reptiles, including an alligator, stolen from the Somersby reptile park. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News NSW police searching for 23 reptiles, including an alligator, stolen from the Somersby reptile park. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Thieves have broken into a reptile park north of Sydney and stolen 23 animals, including an alligator, during a daring night raid.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The state gets lots of money to help desert tortoises in Washington County as part of an effort to conserve the species. The money will be used to purchase land in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, which has been damaged by wildfires. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]

By Herp News Adamanteus the golden retriever rested on the floor feet from a table of piles of venomous snakes on Saturday at Repticon, a reptile and exotic animals convention and sales show. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The yellow-spotted green turtle that sparked mayhem this week on a Jersey Shore route may have left its home in the woods because of recent heavy rains or because of a strong nesting instinct. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Snappy the turtle was out for a stroll when he landed a dress shirt and a free ride to the local pond. The 50-pound snapping turtle was crossing Bathurst St., near Elgin Mills Rd. W., in Richmond Hill around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, when Samantha Butler scooped him up, put him in her […]

Given the sheer tonnage of snakes Bryan Grieg Fry has seen up close and personal in his decades as a venom researcher, the accolade “coolest snake I’ve ever seen” has to impress us at kingsnake.com just as much it did as the guys at NatGeo. From National Geographic: The creature he’s talking is new to […]

By Herp News The University of Florida plans to build a sea turtle rehabilitation hospital at Whitney Marine Lab to target fibropapilloma, a viral disease that maims and kills sea turtles. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A recent survey report confirmed that the nation’s amphibians, including frogs, toads and salamanders, are disappearing “at an alarming and rapid rate.” A biologist has found that North Carolina’s Southern Cricket Frog populations mirror this disturbing national trend. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]

By Herp News Five men were finally rescued on Monday after spending five days trapped in a tree by a group of Sumatran tigers. A team of around 30 people rescued the men after several tiger tamers were able to lure the animals away using chants and mantras. The men were attacked inside Aceh’s Gunung […]

By Herp News Rising temperatures threaten wild birds, including the Missouri-native Acadian flycatcher, by making snakes more active, according to biologists. They noted that farmers, public health officials and wildlife managers should be aware of complex indirect effects of climate change in addition to the more obvious influences of higher temperatures and irregular weather patterns. […]

By Herp News A poignant novel of two lost souls and a dream of freedom, from the author of “Riddley Walker.” Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

After a two-year rehab stint at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, Mississippi, Big Mama — a 245-pound loggerhead sea turtle — has moved into her new digs at SeaWorld Orlando, where she’ll be helping to educate people about her species and threats to wildlife. From BayNews9: Big Mama was transported to SeaWorld […]

A University of Michigan biologist may have unlocked the secret of polymorphism and survival in snakes. From the University of Michigan: If a mimicry system offers protection from predators, then why hasn’t evolution eliminated the “failed mimics,” such as ground snakes sporting color patterns that don’t remotely resemble a coral snake? That’s the puzzle that […]

By Herp News On 7/11/13, Tortoise Energy Capital Fund’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 8/1/13. As a percentage of TYY.PRC’s recent share price of $9.97, this dividend works out to approximately 0.33%. On an annualized basis, the current yield is […]

How do the ancestors of land animals make it out of the sea? New research comparing tiger salamanders and mudskipper fish tells the tale. From Phys.org: Paleontological examinations of the invasion of land by vertebrates suggest that limb-like appendages likely originated in aquatic environments, but direct comparisons of the functional consequences of using early limbs […]

By Herp News A 3-foot alligator was captured from the Lamprey River, almost certainly dumped by its owner. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Biologists have finally solved the riddle of the origin of the turtle shell. By observing the development of different animal species and confirming their results with fossil analysis and genomic data, researchers show that the shell on the turtle’s back derives only from its ancestors’ ribcage and not from a combination of […]

Dozens of Australian species of the worm-like snakes classified as Scolecophidia have been identified by scientists in Australia. From Phys.org: Researchers from France, Australia and the United States analysed the genomes of 741 animals from 27 recognised species in a subgroup known as Australian blind snakes. The data suggest the number of species is “at […]

Check out this video “Road Cruising for snakes,” submitted by kingsnake.com user naturebreak. Submit your own reptile & amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/ and you could see them featured here or check out all the videos submitted by other users! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links