On Monday, we reported on an immune system characteristic that leaves amphibians particularly susceptible to the chytrid fungus, which is responsible for massive declines in amphibians populations around the world. Now, it looks like the herbicide atrazine is also increasing the susceptibility of frogs to chytridiomycosis. From Phys.org: USF Biologist Jason Rohr said the new […]

By Herp News A new study shows the herbicide atrazine increased mortality from chytridiomycosis, a disease causing worldwide amphibian declines. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News ODFW Wildlife Biologist Jason Journey with the invasive alligator snapping turtle captured at Prineville Reservoir. ODFW Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Alligator snapping turtle, native to the Southeast but an invasive species in Oregon, was discovered by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife last week. The alligator snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in North America and can grow up to 250 pounds.  Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]

By Herp News Peruvian fishermen slaughtered dolphins to use as bait for shark fishing, an undercover investigation has revealed. Footage showed infant and adult dolphins being harpooned then stabbed and clubbed before, in some cases, being cut open and butchered while still alive. The slaughtered dolphins were cut up and used as bait. Dolphins are […]

By Herp News It’s hard to mistake an arapaima for anything else: these massive, heavily-armored, air-breathing fish (they have to surface every few minutes) are the megafauna of the Amazon’s rivers. But despite their unmistakability, and the fact that they have been hunted by indigenous people for millennia, scientists still know relatively little about arapaima, […]

By Herp News Presented by Gatorland, the third installment of “Gatorcane” concludes the edge-of-your-seat trilogy with reporter Jon Busdeker meeting face-to-face with the Mother Gator. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

A thriving population of green anoles is living in a Los Angeles neighborhood. From KCET.org: The lizards that biologists just found thriving in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles aren’t a new species: they’re the extremely well-studied green anole. But as the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum’s Lila Higgins reports, the discovery marks […]

By Herp News In 2004, the first-ever Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) reviewed all 5,743 amphibian species known to science and concluded that 32% were threatened with extinction – a number far exceeding corresponding figures for birds and mammals (12 to 23% respectively). In addition to the usual culprits of climate change and habitat destruction, a […]

By Herp News The first alligator snapping turtle found in the Central Oregon wilderness was pulled out of the Prineville Reservoir, the ODFW reported Monday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Almost all wild caught marine fish for the aquarium trade will die within a year of capture, according to WWF. Following months of interviews with Filipino marine exporters and hobbyists, WWF-Philippines have found that roughly 80% of all marine fish die before they are sold, and those that survive long enough to […]

By Herp News An alligator in Walmart would be enough to make most people run in terror, but shoppers in Florida went about their business on Sunday when a 6-foot reptile invaded their store. The incident happened at a Walmart in Apopka, Florida, just after midnight. Shoppers noticed the alligator wandering near the front door […]

By Herp News An Australian sailor has described parts of the Pacific Ocean as “dead” because of severe overfishing, with his vessel having to repeatedly swerve debris for thousands of kilometers on a journey from Australia to Japan. Ivan MacFadyen told of his horror at the severe lack of marine life and copious amounts of […]

By Herp News SANDAKAN (Bernama) — By any stretch of imagination, this should have been a very mundane event. For centuries, turtles have been coming ashore to lay eggs, the event happening without much ado. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Scientists are honing in on the immune factor that is allowing amphibian populations to succumb to the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which has caused a loss of nearly 4 percent of amphibian populations every year between 2002 and 2011. From Popular Science: It’s been most baffling, given the amphibians’ complex immune systems, not far off from […]

By Herp News The Animal Foundation is putting its first Desert Tortoise up for adoption. Ted, the tortoise, is waiting for his forever family. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The reintroduction of captive gorillas to areas where they have been hunted to extinction appears to working, suggesting a possible new front in efforts to save great apes, finds a new study published in the journal Oryx. 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 October 22, 2013 Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News It’s unlikely conservation organizations can survive if they are unwilling to embrace change: as an endeavor, conservation requires not just longterm planning, but also an ability to move proactively and fluidly to protect species and safeguard ecosystems. Environmental and education NGO, the Art of Conservation, is currently embarking on its biggest change […]

By Herp News Third parties waiting in line         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Check out this video “Ball Python Clutch, Day 41,” submitted by kingsnake.com user kcalderala. 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 The purported Yeti, an ape-like creature that walks upright and roams the remote Himalayas, may in fact be an ancient polar bear species, according to new DNA research by Bryan Sykes with Oxford University. Sykes subjected two hairs from what locals say belonged to the elusive Yeti only to discover that the […]

By Herp News Byline: Three crew members of The Lizard lifeboat were selected from all the stations in the south-west to represent the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) at the National Seafarers service at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Page Content: The Lizard lifeboat Coxswain Andrew Putt, Third Mechanic Steve Tattersall and Head Launcher Jeff […]

By Herp News Populations of the spur-thighed tortoise have been decimated not because of disease but as a result of the exotic pet trade. / James Cornett, Special to The Desert Sun Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News VALHALLA, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach, the leader in gaming audio products, today announced an extended partnership with Microsoft to create innovative hardware, software, and applications … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Scientists working to protect loggerhead sea turtles know how to save them; they just can’t get stakeholders to cooperate. From Mission Blue: It’s been our experience that those who would spend two decades or more working closely with fishermen to understand and protect sea turtles typically have the best interests of both people and nature […]

By Herp News Gabon is home to some big meat-eaters including leopards, spotted hyenas, and African wild dogs, but a new study focuses on the country’s lesser-known species with an appetite for flesh. For the first time, researchers surveyed Gabon’s small carnivores, including 12 species from the honey badger (Mellivora capensis) to the marsh mongoose […]

By Herp News A REPTILE food depot at Rooksbridge was badly damaged by fire in the early hours of Thursday morning (October 17). Follow the latest updates here. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A fungus that is killing frogs and other amphibians around the world releases a toxic factor that disables the amphibian immune response, investigators report. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News (From left) Mike Deddo, Turtle Wax Inc. Senior Research Chemist; Coley Frucci Turtle Wax Inc Vice President of Strategic Development; Don Dacay, Wilstark Marketing Corp. VP for Marketing; Ara Dacay, Wilstark Marketing Corp. Senior Vice President; Mario Dacay, Wilstark Marketing Corp President; and Dermot Maconaghie, Turtle Wax Inc … Go to Source …read […]

By Herp News The amusing video was taken by Salvelio Mayer in his back garden in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He uploaded the footage onto YouTube and the clip has been viewed more than six million times. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Every year kingsnake.com gets asked, “I want to hold a contest and give away a live animal, can I advertise this on your site?” The answer is surprising to many: kingsnake.com and our other pet-related sites will not accept advertising for live animal contests. No, it’s not because we don’t like contests. Aside from the […]

By Herp News The Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee has entered the scientific record. Experienced bullfrog “jockeys” at the event routinely get their frogs to jump much farther than researchers had ever measured in the lab. How? Decades of refined technique, uncommonly motivated humans and herps, and good old-fashioned large sample size. Go to Source […]

By Herp News The first turtle tour for the season will begin on Saturday November 9, with bookings already under way and early signs looking positive. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News There are more than 5,000 different mammal species across the globe, but with this number being dwarfed by the 10,000 bird species, it is little wonder that bird-watching has become the most common wildlife watching hobby in the world. While there are thousands of websites dedicated to ornithology enthusiasts, with information detailing […]

By Herp News For three years, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has been running advertizing campaigns in Chinese cities to raise awareness on the true source of ivory: slaughtered elephants. A recent evaluation of the campaign by Rapid Asia found that 66 percent of those who saw the ads said they would “definitely” […]

The sea turtles are here! Every year in early fall, hundreds of olive ridley sea turtles hit the beaches on Mexico’s Pacific coast to lay their eggs. Read all about it, and see the complete photo gallery, here. Photo: Weather.com …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — In a story Oct. 14 about a turtle habitat cleanup day, The Associated Press erroneously reported the day of the event. It will be held Oct. 26, which is a Saturday, not a Sunday.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]

By Herp News MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — In a story Oct. 14 about a turtle habitat cleanup day, The Associated Press erroneously reported the day of the event. It will be held Oct. 26, which is a Saturday, not a Sunday.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]

By Herp News Spending a year on the Tambopata River in Peru’s deep Amazon, allowed 22-year-old Tristan Thompson, to record stunning video of the much the region’s little seen, and little known, wildlife. Thompson, a student at the University of the West of England, has turned his footage into a new documentary An Untamed Wilderness […]