By Herp News Armen Shahrigian will star in a new reality-based show that showcases his passion and knowledge of reptiles. Shahrigian has had a fascination with reptiles since he… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News For the first time, marine conservation group, Sea Shepherd, is employing their controversial methods to protect Antarctic and Patagonian toothfish. Dubbed ‘Operation Icefish,’ Sea Shepherd Australia is sending two ships into Antarctic waters to disrupt illegal vessels targeting the little-known species that are often sold in luxury markets as Chilean seabass. Go […]

In rural southeast Alabama , where gently rolling red hills transition into the sandy soil of the lower coastal plain, lives one of Alabama’s most beautiful snakes. The eastern kingsnake Lampropeltis getula getula, known by the old timers as “The Swamp Wamper,” calls this region home. The eastern kingsnake has a large distribution in the […]

By Herp News While unpleasant car exhaust makes us wrinkle our noses, such human-made fumes may pose serious problems to insects searching for nectar. Researchers recently revealed that background odors make finding flowers difficult for pollinators. The study, published in Science, measured how hawk moths (Manduca sexta) pick out the sacred datura flower scent (Datura […]

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Commercial fog is great for haunted houses, night clubs, and herpetological research? From National Geographic: Colleen Farmer used it to study how an iguana breathes. She threaded an endoscope—a tube with a light and a camera at the end—into the lizard’s nose, while allowing it to inhale the artificial smoke from a fog machine. The […]

From Maine to Ontario and Florida to Texas, you may encounter the little turtle known vernacularly as the “stinkpot” and more formerly as the common musk turtle, Sternotherus odoratus. The names, both common and scientific, are derived from the odorous secretions produced by the two musk glands: one on each side of the plastron where […]

By Herp News The venomous white cobra captured in Thousand Oaks in September is soon to emerge from quarantine at the San Diego Zoo and go on exhibit. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The PSN went offline Sunday night, with hacking group Lizard Squad taking responsibility for the attack. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The chances of long-term survival for the Pacific gecko have been boosted with the release of 54 of the threatened native reptiles on pest-free Motuihe Island / Te Motu-a-Ihenga in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links