By Herp News Fire breaks out in reptile house at Five Sisters Zoo in West Lothian Reptiles, insects and an otter died after a fire broke out at a Scottish zoo in the early hours of Sunday. Around 50 firefighters tackled the blaze at the reptile house of Five Sisters Zoo in Polbeth, West Lothian, […]

By Herp News A dead lizard was found in the mid-day meal served to children at a school in Berhampur district in Odisha on Saturday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A number of parks, beaches and conservation groups around the state run programs where nature-lovers can learn about the phenomenon and even watch baby turtles. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Beating some long odds, biologists and volunteers this week returned a 300-pound loggerhead sea turtle to the Gulf of Mexico in Galveston. The endangered turtle was emaciated when discovered on the island's West Beach in early June, said Lyndsey Howell, research fishery biologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Galveston. […]

By Herp News GUANGZHOU, China, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Authorities in China said a man tried to smuggle his pet turtle onto an airplane by hiding it inside of a hamburger. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Two-headed turtle Thelma and Louise now has two things in common with its namesake: Texas and celebrity status. The bisephalic Texas cooter, born at the San Antonio Zoo on June 18, is now certifiably Facebook famous with over 3,200 followers and counting. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]

By Herp News By VERONICA LINARES, UPI.com A man got caught trying to smuggle his pet turtle past airport security at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News If you see a box turtle in New York, don’t pick it up and help it on its way; it probably already knows where it’s going.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Researchers are conducting some of the first ever scientific studies of neonate pine snakes, performing snake surgery for radio tracking and helping snakes survive road crossings through the busy New Jersey shore traffic. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News This is the second such incident within week in the school located in Hinjili, the Assembly constituency of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Earlier, on July 25, a lizard was found in soya curry before it was served in the same school. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News This is the second such incident within week in the school located in Hinjili, the Assembly constituency of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A dead lizard was found in the mid-day meal for the second time in a week, at a primary school at Hinjili in Odisha's Ganjam district today, officials said. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A dead lizard was found in the mid-day meal at a primary school in Odisha Friday, an official said. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Bhubaneswar, Aug 2 (IANS) A dead lizard was found in the mid-day meal at a primary school in Odisha Friday, an official said. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Welcome to August! kingsnake.com and RodentPro.com will be displaying the kingsnake.com Zombiehunter Snake Hunting Truck at the entrance to this years National Reptile Breeders Expo in Daytona Beach. kingsnake.com will also be handing out their free “I brake for snakes, not Zombies” bumper stickers and RodentPro discount coupons. Join us from 10 am to 3 […]

I have not been around on the site much, been busy and havent had access to a computer. I do however still keep turtles and tortoises. I made new threads under box turtles, and tortoises sections. I’m currently working on a new outdoor enclosure and hopefully a small pond. Also still have my website up, […]

By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.0 billion and its unaudited net asset value Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.0 billion and its unaudited net asset value Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise North American Energy Corp. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $261.8 million and its unaudited Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise North American Energy Corp. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $261.8 million and its unaudited Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $429.6 million and its unaudit 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. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $234.2 million and Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.1 billion and its unaudited net asset Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $390.4 million and its unaud Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.1 billion and its unaudited ne Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News In 1917, Joel Asaph Allen examined an innocuous species of shrew from the Congo Basin and made a remarkable discovery: the shrew’s spine was unlike any seen before. Interlocking lumbar vertebrae made the species’ spine four times strong than any other vertebrate on Earth adjusted for its size. The small mammal had […]

By Herp News In 1917, Joel Asaph Allen examined an innocuous species of shrew from the Congo Basin and made a remarkable discovery: the shrew’s spine was unlike any seen before. Interlocking lumbar vertebrae made the species’ spine four times strong than any other vertebrate on Earth adjusted for its size. The small mammal had […]

By Herp News Before the arrival of humans—with their dogs, cats, and wild pigs—the northern Bahamian rock iguana ruled its home range, being pound-for-pound among the biggest land animals on the islands. In these ecosystems, the iguana’s were the mega-grazers, the bison and elk of the Caribbean one might say. But hunting by humans, invasive […]

Turns out crocodiles have a sweet tooth — although unlike humans, they usually assuage it with fruit, not chocolate bars. From New Scientist: Reports that crocodiles have a taste for fruit go back decades, says Thomas Rainwater at the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Charleston, South Carolina. “But since these animals were long considered […]

By Herp News The head of the Ottawa Humane Society says he's disturbed by reports alleging reptile neglect at an Ottawa big box pet store, and said he wants reptile owners to know his organization is equipped to come to the aid of exotic pets. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]