By Herp News A Manhattan theatrical agent got a slithery surprise in her kale salad when she found a severed lizard head among the leafy greens Tuesday afternoon. Robin Sandusky, 31, said she… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Really, really haven’t had much to write about. Frankie’s been mad at me and when a sulcata tortoise is mad there is not much fun to write about. February was so cold. More freezing nights. Freezing nights mean Frankie stayed inside. Staying inside in a very small gecko room means Frankie didn’t get to walk […]

By Herp News Although whales are the biggest animals on the planet, scientists have found in difficult to count them. But a new study in PLOS ONE may change this: researchers tested the idea of counting whales using high resolution satellite imagery. Employing a single image from the WorldView2 satellite, scientists went about counting a […]

By Herp News Although whales are the biggest animals on the planet, scientists have found in difficult to count them. But a new study in PLOS ONE may change this: researchers tested the idea of counting whales using high resolution satellite imagery. Employing a single image from the WorldView2 satellite, scientists went about counting a […]

Timothy N. W. Jackson Australia is world famous for its venomous critters, including its many highly venomous snakes. The snake that holds the popular title of “world’s most venomous” is the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), an inhabitant of Australia’s arid interior. Astonishingly, a single bite from an inland taipan is capable of delivering enough venom […]

By Herp News Indonesia’s Islamic clerics drew praise from conservation groups last week after the top clerical body in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country issued a fatwa, or religious decree, against poaching and wildlife trafficking. The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI) announced the fatwa on Tuesday, declaring the illegal wildlife trade to be haram, or […]

By Herp News South African conservationists on Monday announced that they have enlisted the help of a Belgian Shepherd dog to help track the country's most endangered land-based tortoise. Two-year-old Brin is the first dog to help with animal tracking and conservation in South Africa, said Justin Lawrence of the group CapeNature. After six months […]

By Herp News Rare Birds of North America, written by renowned birders Steve N. G. Howell, Ian Lewington, and Will Russell, is a technical tour de force. Its technical expertise is exact and passionate. Reading Rare Birds of North America will simply make you a better birder and better naturalist. Go to Source …read more […]

As Eastern kingsnake numbers in the southeastern U.S. drop, copperhead populations climb, according to a new study published in the journal Herpetologica. From the Augusta Chronicle: The non-venomous kingsnakes, which grow to more than 5-feet long, are so-named because they have a natural immunity to pit-viper venom, which allows them to prey on other snakes. […]

By Herp News BUTUAN CITY – A green sea turtle was found dead in the sea in the town of Magsaysay in Misamis Oriental Sunday afternoon. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Animal rights group said primates were only fed with cabbage Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News FMT LETTER: From Francis Lye, via e-mail Finally! The Lizard King, or his wife in this case, has been charged in court. Correct me if I am wrong, but didn’t the Minister ban the Lizard King and his wife from trading wildlife? Why is Perhilitan charging her for a smaller possession offence […]

By Herp News Byline: The Lizard’s Tamar class all-weather lifeboat Rose and Falmouth’s Severn class all-weather lifeboat Richard Cox Scott, launched this morning just after 7am to go to the assistance of an 87 metre (257 feet) long cargo vessel Page Content: The Barbados registered vessel Sea Breeze was on passage from Liverpool to Shoreham […]

By Herp News They’re warm outfits for your cold-blooded pets. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Check out “Chameleon,” a video submitted by kingsnake.com user variuss11. 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 Though historical and anthropological texts had mentioned the taste for these scaly desert snacks, the find is the first archaeological evidence confirming the lizard's presence in the Arabian diet, study co-author Hervé Monchot, a zooarchaeologist at the Université-Paris Sorbonne, wrote in an email to Live Science. In general, animals like snakes and […]

By Herp News They slither, they hiss, they… fly? Don’t let their wingless bodies fool you —- some snakes can glide as far as 100 feet through the air, jumping off tree branches and rotating their ribs to flatten their bodies and move from side to side. New research investigates the workings behind the flight […]

By Herp News Small satellite-tracking devices attached to sea turtles swimming off Florida’s coast have delivered first-of-its-kind data that could help unlock they mystery of what endangered turtles do during the ‘lost years.’ Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Baby sea turtles, like kids everywhere, don’t always do what we expect them to do. University of Central Florida researcher Kate Mansfield and her team found a way to keep an eye on their movements — and what they discovered surprised them. From LiveScience.com: Marine biologists track seagoing creatures, including adult loggerheads, with satellite tags […]

By Herp News LAKEWOOD — Snakes, tarantulas and a Nile Monitor lizard are missing after an overnight burglary of a Lakewood pet store. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Last week, visitors in Kruger National Park came on a horrifying sight of the poaching trade: a rhino, still alive, with its horn and part of its face chopped off. The gruesome photo of the young rhino went viral and sent South African authorities scrambling. Five days after the sighting, South African […]

By Herp News A python was caught on camera devouring a crocodile after an epic battle on the shores of an Australian lake. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Humans battle over the dinner check, but in Australia, a python and a crocodile battled over which one of them would be dinner. Ctizen journalist Tiffany Corlis was on the scene and caught it on her camera. From BBC News: “It was amazing,” she told the BBC. “We saw the snake fighting with the crocodile […]

By Herp News “You could see the crocodile in the snake's belly which I think was probably the more remarkable thing,” local resident Tiffany Corlis told Australia's ABC News. “You could actually see its legs and see its scales and everything, it was just amazing.” [Beastly Feasts: See Other Amazing Animals Devouring Prey]  “The big eat […]

By Herp News Turtle Beach, the leading audio brand in the games industry, today announced that the new Titanfall™ Atlas gaming headsets will be available at retail beginning on March 5, in time for the release of the … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Brooks Hays PALM BEACH, Fla., March 4 (UPI) — Turtle nesting season officially began in Florida on the first day of March, and already, a leatherback has been spotted. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The future of automobiles is on display this week at Geneva Motor Show, and it looks like…a turtle. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A new turtle exhibit is opening at Sea Life Arizona on March 7. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The Javan rhino population has increased by over ten percent from 2012 to last year, according to new figures released by Ujung Kulon National Park. Using camera traps, rangers have counted a total of 58 Javan rhinos, up from 51 in 2012. Although the species once roamed much of Southeast Asia, today […]

By Herp News Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record reaches into your imagination and draws you closer to the final days of a variety of extinct animals on Earth. Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record is filled with poignant and powerful first-hand accounts, photographic records, and illustrations. Go to Source …read more Read […]

It may sound like an horror movie, but it’s not, as 66-year-old Jake Thomas learned the hard way. Mr Thomas, a volunteer who mows the local cemetery at Werris Creek where his daughter Kim is buried, came across the snake during his usual clean-up. It was in a vase on a headstone. Fearful about other […]

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Feb. 28, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $462.6 million and its unaudit Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Feb. 28, 2014, 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 Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Feb. 28, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $417.1 million and its unaud 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 Feb. 28, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $236.4 million and 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 Feb. 28, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.3 billion and its unaudited ne 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 Feb. 28, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $287.9 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 Capital Corp. today announced that as of Feb. 28, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.2 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 The northern Sierra Madre forest monitor lizard, Varanus bitatawa, is one of the largest species of monitor lizard known from the Philippines. Indigenous Dumagat and people of the Sierra Madre Mountains call the lizard bitatawa or baritatawa. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Do you ever catch site of spotted salamanders and wood frogs in the field? The Orianne Society wants to recruit you. From Living Alongside Wildlife: The Orianne Society recently initiated “Snapshots in Time”, a long-term Citizen Science project aimed at mobilizing people to monitor the timing of Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) and Wood Frog (Lithobates […]