By Herp News Researching one of the world’s most endangered penguins in New Zealand, the yellow-eyed penguin, has led to a remarkable discovery. DNA from 500-year-old penguin fossils has shown that the country was once home to not just one penguin species, but two. The DNA has resurrected an unknown extinct penguin, which researchers have […]

By Herp News South Korea’s Daewoo has signed a 99-year lease for half of Madagascar’s arable land, reports the Financial Times. The agreement covers 1.3 million hectares (3.2 million acres) — an area half the size of Belgium. Daewoo says it plans to plant corn on 1 million hectares in the arid western part of […]

By Herp News Scientists have yet to conclusively explain the underlying cause of global declines in amphibian populations, according to a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research says that two leading theories for the demise of amphibians — both related to the emergence and spread of the […]

By Herp News With its characteristic horn, the endangered rhino rat snake has been bred in a European zoo for the first time. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Frogs, toads, salamanders and other amphibians are disappearing at an alarming rate. Of approximately 6,000 amphibian species in the world, about one third are classified as threatened or endangered. A disease caused by a chytrid fungus has devastated frogs living in mid to high elevation streams worldwide. Amphibians also face habitat destruction […]

By Herp News Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of primate on a remote island in Indonesia. Conducting a survey of Mount Rore Katimbo in Lore Lindu National Park on the island of Sulawesi, a team led by Sharon Gursky-Doyen of Texas A&M University captured three pygmy tarsiers, a tiny species of primate that was […]

By Herp News A new study has found that colugos or flying lemurs are twice as diverse as previously believed. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Dr. Laurie Marker, founder and Executive Director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), has been awarded $50,000 by the Tech Museum of Innovation for her organization’s Bushblok program which uses a high-pressure extrusion process to convert invasive, habitat-destroying bush into a clean-burning fuel log. Bushblok provides an alternative to products such as […]

By Herp News Caspian Seal populations have declined 90% in the past 100 years, prompting the IUCN to switch their designation from Vulnerable to Endangered. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The Bush Administration is expected to publish rules that relax protections for endangered species ahead of tomorrow’s deadline in order for them to take effect immediately, reports the Associated Press. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Reading the subject line on this post, most of my American friends might think I’m writing about the beautiful red, yellow, and black coral snake. Sorry, my dear friends; this is an Indian coral snake, and also a very beautiful one. The slender coral snake, calliophis melanurus, is a species of coral snake found in […]

The Dorset Wildlife Trust has a message to herpers: live tin alone. From the BBC: Reptile conservationist Gary Powell said: “If tins are disturbed outside of an official survey then it can affect the results of the research”. Disturbing protected species could result in breaking the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations Act. Conservationists from […]

This Copperhead is looking forward to the what the week hold in our Herp Photo of the Day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user HerpLvr! Be sure to tell HerpLvr you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King […]