By Herp News In this Sept. 14, 2012, handout photograph provided by the Seattle U.S. Attorney's Office, a black-breasted leaf turtle is shown being examined in Gold Bar, Wash., as part of an investigation into illegal turtle smuggling by Nathaniel Swanson, 36. Swanson, former owner of Swanee's Exotics reptile store in Monroe, Wash., pleaded guilty […]

By Herp News Scientists have developed a method to determine where animals obtain essential amino acids. They discovered that all life forms leave traces or ‘fingerprints’ in amino acids during biosynthesis. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Biologists have found that island lizards are “tame” compared to their mainland relatives, confirming Charles Darwin’s observations of island tameness. Darwin had noted that island Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Biologists have found that island lizards are “tame” compared to their mainland relatives, confirming Charles Darwin’s observations of island tameness. Darwin had noted that island Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News As winter approaches, many of us hunker down and virtually “hibernate” for the season. Classic hibernation in the wild conjures images of furry bears, but other animals are not so lucky to have Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News As winter approaches, many of us hunker down and virtually “hibernate” for the season. Classic hibernation in the wild conjures images of furry bears, but other animals are not so lucky to have Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Hard wired into the survival mechanisms of all animals is the perception of pain. Different stimuli, such as heat or cold, foul odors, chemicals or a blunt blow can trigger pain receptors in the body Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Hard wired into the survival mechanisms of all animals is the perception of pain. Different stimuli, such as heat or cold, foul odors, chemicals or a blunt blow can trigger pain receptors in the body Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The ancestor of snakes and lizards likely gave birth to live young, rather than laid eggs, and over time species have switched back and forth in their preferred reproductive mode, according to new Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A new species of toad was discovered hiding in the leaf litter of montane rain forest known as Peruvian Yungas (“warm valley” in translation). Like many other toads (family Bufonidae) Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A new species of toad was discovered hiding in the leaf litter of montane rain forest known as Peruvian Yungas (“warm valley” in translation). Like many other toads (family Bufonidae) Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News In this Sept. 14, 2012, handout photograph provided by the Seattle U.S. Attorney's Office, a black-breasted leaf turtle is shown being examined in Gold Bar, Wash., as part of an investigation into illegal turtle smuggling by Nathaniel Swanson, 36. Swanson, former owner of Swanee's Exotics reptile store in Monroe, Wash., pleaded guilty […]

Two tortoises, named Samson and Goliath, went on the lam from their Arizona home last year. One was found right away, but the other stayed missing for six months, until his new family, 30 miles away, ran an ad looking for his original owners. Now he’s back home thanks to a microchip, and his family […]