By Herp News The amazing ability of sidewinder snakes to quickly climb sandy slopes was once something biologists only vaguely understood and roboticists only dreamed of replicating. By studying the snakes in a unique bed of inclined sand and using a snake-like robot to test ideas spawned by observing the real animals, both biologists and […]

By Herp News SAN DIEGO, Oct. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach, the leading audio brand in the video games industry, today announced that the XO ONE gaming headset designed for the Xbox One console is now available in stores and at online retailers. The XO ONE, which has an MSRP of $79.95, includes a new […]

By Herp News Other bearded dragons then watched a video of the lizard opening the door, and scientists monitored whether the other animals imitated the behavior. All eight bearded dragons that watched the 11-second video of the demonstrator lizard followed suit. They opened the door in exactly the same manner as the bearded dragon in […]

Zoo keepers in San Diego are training a Komodo dragon with the help of a camera attached to his back. From the Daily Mail: The 9ft (2.7 metre) creature has been taught to walk towards a series of yellow targets, getting a treat if he manages to complete the task successfully. Despite its terrifying reputation, […]

By Herp News Researchers have enlisted a Caribbean lizard to help them find out on how geography can influence the evolution of animal species. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Wednesday was an emotional day at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida as they transferred a loggerhead turtle into a larger tank –remembering the advocate she was named after. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News As of last month, 2,459 sea turtle nests were spotted within a 35-mile-long stretch of local shorelines from Longboat Key to Venice. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News To help fight illegal poaching and trafficking, INTERPOL, the world’s largest international police organization, has launched an environmental crimes unit in Africa. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Steven Amstrup, Chief Scientist for Polar Bears International, has worked diligently on polar bears for over 30 years. He radio-collared some of the first bears and discovered that annual activity areas for 75 tracked females averaged at a stunning 149,000 square kilometers. His recent work highlighted the cost of global warming to […]

After being eligible for 15 years, a snake found in only a few counties in two states may be protected as a “threatened” species. From AL.com: According to the federal agency, the black pinesnake is found only in Mobile, Washington and Clarke counties in Alabama, and 11 Mississippi counties, including Jackson and George. It has […]

Frankie ate my sock. Um-hum, it is a bit funny. Right now. Frankie eating my socks. Again. Muddy yard work. It’s fall and yard work increases exponentially. Some mathematician is gonna get me for that comparison. It feels like it’s increased exponentially. I finely broke down and bought two pallets of centipede sod. Ended up […]

By Herp News Researchers have enlisted a Caribbean lizard to help them find out on how geography can influence the evolution of animal species. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The indigenous people of the Amazon live in areas that house many of the Amazon’s diverse species. The Rupununi region of Guyana is one such area, with approximately 20,000 Makushi and Wapishana people living in isolation. According to a recent study published in Environmental Modelling & Software, a simulation model revealed a […]

By Herp News A man who swallowed a frog and a lizard for the Neknominate online drinking game, is ordered to carry out community service. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News This Saturday, you can slither you way into a whole new environment at the Virginia Museum of Natural History. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News SAN DIEGO, Oct. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Just in time for the Halloween season, Petco is educating families on a number of creepy crawly pets with another Reptile Rally event at all stores nationwide. This free, family-friendly event takes place at all Petco stores on October 11, 2014, from 1-3 p.m. During the event, […]

Years after their parents were airlifted out of the Caribbean, endangered mountain chicken frogs were released in their natural habitat. From the Guardian: A total of 51 Leptodactylus fallax, known as mountain chicken frogs because they reportedly taste like chicken and make a clucking-like noise, were released on the Jersey-sized island of Montserrat, a British […]

By Herp News For as long as humans and animals have co-existed, people have utilized them as resources. Animals, and their parts, have been used for a variety of purposes, ranging from basic food to more esoteric practices such as in magical ceremonies or religion. A new study has found that the undocumented use of […]

By Herp News Late last month, armed guards escorted officials marching 60 kilograms (132 pounds) of rhino horns to a pyre for burning. The event, at the Dvůr Králové Zoo in the Czech Republic, was the first public burning of rhino horns in Europe. The Czech Republic burned the horns, which came from a government […]

Really like pythons? You’re not alone. Pythons were at the center of mankind’s earliest rituals. From Science Daily: The python is one of the San’s most important animals. According to their creation myth, mankind descended from the python and the ancient, arid streambeds around the hills are said to have been created by the python […]

By Herp News Regrettably, the virtue of selflessness which largely characterised public service at the dawn of Nigerian’s Independence in 1960, has since been replaced by the ignoble culture of greed and every man for himself. This sad transformation is aptly captured in an earlier article, published in November 2012, with the above title; this […]

By Herp News A petition seeking to protect a little-known lizard that makes its home in large portions of an area leading the way in the new Texas oil boom remains in limbo. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A petition to list as a federally protected species a little-known lizard that makes its home in large portions of an area leading the way in the new Texas oil boom remains in limbo. The San Antonio Express-News reports (http://bit.ly/1vEhf8o ) an environmental group has asked U.S. Fish […]

By Herp News Biologists strode along the cracked, dry mud surrounding this evaporating north Los Angeles County lake last week, pausing periodically to pick up an emaciated turtle and wash alkaline dust off its head and carapace. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Biologists strode along the cracked, dry mud surrounding this evaporating north Los Angeles County lake last week, pausing periodically to pick up an emaciated turtle and wash alkaline dust off its head and carapace. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acted properly in 2012 when the agency declined to protect a rare tiny lizard in the West Texas oil patch as an endangered species. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Check out this video “Weekend Herping,” submitted by kingsnake.com user smetlogik. 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 Reptile show continues to grow and widen its appeal. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News For thousands of years the jaguar was a God, then it was vermin to be destroyed, and today it is the inspiration for arguably the most ambitious conservation effort on the planet. A new book by renowned big cat conservationist, Alan Rabinowitz, tells this remarkable story from the jaguar’s evolutionary origins in […]

Fishermen outside Golden Gate caught and released the first green sea turtle seen in the area. From the SF Gate: Green sea turtles normally live in the Pacific’s warmer latitudes. Their numbers are dwindling because of development along the beaches they use to nest, and because they sometimes become snared in industrial fishing nets and […]

By Herp News Polluted urban and farm runoff in Hawaii has been linked to lethal tumors in endangered sea turtles. A new study finds that excess nitrogen in the runoff accumulates in algae that the turtles eat and can cause the disease Fibropapillomatosis which is the leading known cause of death in endangered green sea […]

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Sept. 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $483.3 million and its unaudi 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 Sept. 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.4 billion and its unaudited net asset valu 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 Sept. 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.4 billion and its unaudited net asset valu 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 Sept. 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $266.6 million an 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 Sept. 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $266.6 million an 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 September 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $482.9 million and its 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 Sept. 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $4.6 billion and its unaudited n Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Brooks Hays WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) — A newly discovered species of ant, called mirror turtle ants, locates food sources by assuming the identity of its neighbors and following them to their spoils. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Writing this from a hotel room in Indonesia’s second-largest city, Surabaya, I realize that I am filled with trepidation as I wait for the phone next to me to ring. When it does, the voice on the other end will tell me it’s go time; the culmination of many years of work […]