There’s a happy ending, and a new beginning, in store for Tinkerbell and Wendy, two juvenile sea turtles who have been returned to the wild after being cared for by the Walton Beach, Fla., Gulfarium Sea Turtle C.A.R.E. Program. From the Pensacola News Journal: As beachgoers watched in awe at Langdon Beach on Gulf Islands […]

i have a reeves turtle.. and he has bubble on his nose.. i dont know what to do, so i separate him to the others.. i put him to a separate enclosure and had him heatlamp.. i think he has cold.. he is quite active and eats alot though.. please help.. …read more Read more […]

By Herp News In one of the biggest pangolin trafficking cases yet recorded in China, officials confiscated 956 animals stuffed into 189 coolers this month. The dead pangolins were being carried overland in a truck, with the total haul weighing four tonnes. The traffickers were caught at the border of Guangdong Province. If convicted, they […]

By Herp News A conservation ranger is appointed to boost habitats for amphibians and reptiles in Flintshire. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

A pilot refused to take off at San Francisco International Airport until a gartner snake was moved from the runway to safety, prompting a flurry of Tweets from passengers: Flight delayed briefly at SFO due to a SNAKE ON THE RUNWAY! Airport security is attempting to bag the snake and take it to a snake […]

By Herp News For a 60-year-old mutant lizard, Godzilla still has plenty of blockbuster power. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A huge, well-traveled Galapagos tortoise lives within the grounds of the San Diego Botanic Garden, but almost none of the garden’s more than 200,000 visitors a year ever see him. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News One of the world’s least known wild cats may have taken on more than it could handle in a recent video released by the Gashaka Biodiversity Project from Nigeria’s biggest national park, Gashaka Gumti. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A quiet zoo revolution has also been occurring over the past twenty-five years. Rather than just stand by the sidelines as species vanish in the wild, many zoos have begun funding on-the-ground conservation efforts. This revolution signals a widening realization by zoos of the positive—and wholly unique—role they could play in combating […]

A sea turtle named Hofesh was badly injured in 2009. Now, thanks to Jerusalem industrial design student Shlomi Gez, he’s cruising around with a prosthetic based a Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-22 Raptor warplane. Read more… …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Six elementary school students stood anxiously awaiting some sort of reptile to be placed into their tiny hands at the Hatboro-Horsham School District assembly May 12. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News He can't return to wild but might mate with blind female turtle that shares his tank Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Six elementary school students stood anxiously awaiting some sort of reptile to be placed into their tiny hands at the Hatboro-Horsham School District assembly May 12. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The researchers of a study featured in Herpetologica present a new species of horned lizard discovered in southern Mexico. The authors found that, unlike most horned lizards, the newly discovered species have rough scales. (PRWeb May 14, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/05/prweb11850185.htm Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

By Herp News Toledo City, Cebu — An adult female green sea turtle rescued last weekend with four bullet wounds in its carapace is now back in its natural habitat, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 through its Protected Areas Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) said yesterday. Tanon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS) Assistant Protected […]

By Herp News TOLEDO CITY, Cebu- An adult female green sea turtle with four gunshot wounds in its carapace recued over the weekend is now back in her natural habitat after it was recently released by officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 through its Protected Areas Wildlife Bureau (PAWB). In […]

By Herp News The Wrath of the Lizard Lord is a book with bite Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A badly injured sea turtle's prospects are looking up – thanks to a new prosthetic fin designed by an Israeli team and modelled after the wings of a US fighter jet. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Six elementary school students stood anxiously awaiting some sort of reptile to be placed into their tiny hands at the Hatboro-Horsham School District assembly May 12. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News MICHMORET, Israel (AP) — A badly injured sea turtle's prospects are looking up — thanks to a new prosthetic fin designed by an Israeli team and modeled after the wings of a U.S. fighter jet. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Six elementary school students stood anxiously awaiting some sort of reptile to be placed into their tiny hands at the Hatboro-Horsham School District assembly May 12. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

The day we brought the Trio home Pokey was feeling a little under the weather. She didn’t want to move or eat; she would sit in the water pan, her eyes closed, for hours. Her eyes were puffy and dull and when she started blowing bubbles from her nose I knew there was something wrong. […]

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By Herp News Spike only made it a half-mile away before being caught. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Toledo City, Cebu — An adult female green sea turtle rescued last weekend with four bullet wounds in its carapace is now back in its natural habitat, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 through its Protected Areas Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) said yesterday. Tanon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS) Assistant Protected […]

Check out this video “Baby Caiman Lizards,” submitted by kingsnake.com user Minuet. 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 Six elementary school students stood anxiously awaiting some sort of reptile to be placed into their tiny hands at the Hatboro-Horsham School District assembly May 12. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Six elementary school students stood anxiously awaiting some sort of reptile to be placed into their tiny hands at the Hatboro-Horsham School District assembly May 12. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Hamilton’s Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo can keep its exotic animals at its Barton Street location, and for the foreseeable future can also conduct off-site activities with its snakes and reptiles. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News TOLEDO CITY, Cebu- An adult female green sea turtle with four gunshot wounds in its carapace recued over the weekend is now back in her natural habitat after it was recently released by officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 through its Protected Areas Wildlife Bureau (PAWB). In […]

By Herp News An injured green sea turtle swam into the boat basin of the Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys Thursday and was rescued. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News New research is the first to tie the stable carbon isotope record of Africa's South Atlantic coast to global records. This record clarifies the age of rocks at Bentiaba, Angola. The work provides a 71.5 million year age for the richest marine reptile fossil bed along the South Atlantic. The new record […]

By Herp News BARTONSVILLE — Someone stole a 250-pound turtle statue from the front of the Comfort Inn hotel along Route 611 in… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News New research has found that adult sea-turtle migrations and their selection of feeding sites are directly influenced by their past experiences as little hatchlings adrift in ocean currents. When they breed, adult sea turtles return to the beach where they were born. After breeding, adult sea turtles typically migrate several hundreds to […]

By Herp News On Friday, eleven Chinese fishermen were caught by Filipino police with 555 marine turtles, 378 of which were dead. Officials in the Philippines have since released the 177 living turtles. But the incident has sparked an international standoff between the Philippines and China as the Chinese nationals were arrested in disputed waters […]

By Herp News In the fight for conservation Madagascar is without a doubt on the front lines. Not only are most of its forests already destroyed—with a mere 10% of intact forest remaining at best—but there’s still much to lose in what remains. Madagascar is listed as having the third highest primate diversity in the […]

Fourteen new species of dancing frog have been identified in India. From Scientific American: The 14 new species were described last week in the Ceylon Journal of Science, bringing the total number of known dancing frog species in India to 24. All of the tiny frogs, the largest of which measure just 35 millimeters, come […]

By Herp News Think again. This Godzilla is a dud Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News New research has found that adult sea-turtle migrations and their selection of feeding sites are directly influenced by their past experiences as little hatchlings adrift in ocean currents. When they breed, adult sea turtles return to the beach where they were born. After breeding, adult sea turtles typically migrate several hundreds to […]

By Herp News Six elementary school students stood anxiously awaiting some sort of reptile to be placed into their tiny hands at the Hatboro-Horsham School District assembly May 12. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links