By Herp News Despite their pacific name, praying mantises are ferocious top predators with powerful, grasping forelimbs; spiked legs; and mechanistic jaws. In fact, imagine a tiger that can rotate its head 180 degrees or a great white that blends into the waves and you’ll have a sense of why praying mantises have developed a […]

Seven sea turtles, named Hook, Jack, Emerald, Chris, Augustus, Jared and Pe’e, suffering from blindness caused by fibropapilloma tumors around their eyes, can see again, thanks toa Florida veterinarian Dr. Lorraine Karpinski. From the Miami Herald: The turtles didn’t know it, but their lives were in the hands of the sandal-wearing vet who has worked […]

By Herp News ATHENS—Do you want to learn to camp? Kayak? Fish? Cook gourmet campfire meals? Learn more about snakes and fish and birds? Outdoor Fools Day March 29 at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens will help you develop skills and increase your knowledge in all those areas by doing them yourself under […]

By Herp News THERE was nothing slow and steady about Harry the hawksbill turtle’s return to the ocean. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The Reptile House is under renovations at the Abilene Zoo. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News We have always been intrigued by the Amazon rainforest with its abundant species richness and untraversed expanses. Despite our extended study of its wildlife, new species such as the olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina), a bear-like carnivore hiding out in the Ecuadorian rainforest, are being identified as recently as last year. In fact, the […]

By Herp News ROSEMONT, Ill., March 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Cartilage is the connective tissue found throughout the body.  As a result of injury or disease, cartilage can become damaged or even wear away causing pain and discomfort.  Unlike muscle, human cartilage does not have the ability to heal itself.  As a result, millions of […]

A pair of Kihanga reed frogs has been discovered in Eastern Tanzania. From the Western Morning News: The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, which runs Paignton Zoo, Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall, helped fund the fieldwork with rare amphibians in the mountains of Eastern Tanzania. It has led to the discovery of […]

By Herp News Coachella, CA — After 10 months of construction, the eagerly awaited Tortoise Rock Casino in Twentynine Palms, California will celebrate its grand opening with a private reception on March 31st, 2014 … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News COACHELLA, California — (PRESS RELEASE) — After 10 months of construction, the eagerly awaited Tortoise Rock Casino in Twentynine Palms, California will celebrate its grand opening with a private reception on March 31st, 2014 from 3pm to 5pm. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]

By Herp News Moas were a diverse group of flightless birds that ruled over New Zealand up to the arrival of humans, the biggest of these mega-birds stood around 3.5 meters (12 feet) with outstretched neck. While the whole moa family—comprised of nine species—vanished shortly after the arrival of people on New Zealand in the […]

By Herp News Reproduction, for one critically endangered leatherback turtle, was a crowd-pleasing act Monday morning at Red Reef Park.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Reproduction, for one critically endangered leatherback turtle, was a crowd-pleasing act Monday morning at Red Reef Park.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Not yet 30, Paul Rosolie has already lived a life that most would only dare dream of—or have nightmares over, depending on one’s constitution. With the Western Amazon as his panorama, Rosolie has faced off jaguars, wrestled anacondas, explored a floating forest, mentored with indigenous people, been stricken by tropical disease, traveled […]

By Herp News Not yet 30, Paul Rosolie has already lived a life that most would only dare dream of—or have nightmares over, depending on one’s constitution. With the Western Amazon as his panorama, Rosolie has faced off jaguars, wrestled anacondas, explored a floating forest, mentored with indigenous people, been stricken by tropical disease, traveled […]

By Herp News A HIBERNATING tortoise feared to be missing since October was dug up by its owner’s dog. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Tyrannosaurus rex didn’t just have tiny arms. He had a tiny cousin, too, say paleontologists Anthony Fiorillo and Ronald Tykoski of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas. From CNN: Researchers discovered the dinosaur’s remains in 2006 in the Prince Creek Formation on Alaska’s North Slope. At the same quarry, Fiorillo and Tykoski […]

By Herp News The African stink ant creates large underground colonies that are home to anywhere from hundreds to thousands of ants, and occasionally a frog or two. The West African rubber frog hides in the humid nests to survive the long dry season of southern and central Africa. However, the ant colonies are armed […]

By Herp News Kate Mansfield, at her lab in the University of Central Florida, is holding a baby loggerhead turtle, smaller than her palm, painting manicure acrylic on its shell. When the base coat dries out, she glues on top a neoprene patch from an old wetsuit with hair extensions adhesive. Finally, she attaches a […]

By Herp News Animals ‘do the locomotion’ every day, whether it’s walking down the hall to get some coffee or darting up a tree to avoid a predator. And until now, scientists believed the inner workings of movement were pretty much the same. But in a first-of-its-kind study on wild green anole lizards, biologists have […]

Check out “Feeding Time,” 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 Robin Sandusky couldn't believe her eyes. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Robin Sandusky was trying to incorporate more protein into her diet, but finding a surprise critter in her salad wasn’t exactly what she had in mind. Sandusky, who works in New York City’s theater industry, found the head and arm of a lizard in the… Go to Source …read more Read more […]

By Herp News A former Turtle Creek police officer accused in 2011 of impersonating an officer to obtain blank prescriptions for pain killers has been charged with leading a prescription drug ring following an investigation by a state grand jury. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

A groundbreaking tinker frog breeding program in Australia seeks to save the species from extinction due to chytrid. From News 7 Australia: Two of the six species of tinker frog have already been wiped out, and researchers believe the lethal amphibian Chytrid fungus is to blame. The one- to two-centimetre-long frog, which is native only […]

By Herp News A ‘new’ species of lizard has been described from the cloud forests of Peru’s Manu National Park, reports SERNANP, the Peruvian National Park Service. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Amazing Deal Includes Free Airfare and Upgrades (PRWeb March 12, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/03/prweb11664988.htm Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Robin Sandusky says she found what looks like a lizard head in her kale salad. Robin Sandusky A woman in New York reportedly found what looks like the head of a lizard in her kale salad. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) — A New York woman said she was shocked and “grossed out” to discover a lizard head in the kale salad she had delivered from a restaurant. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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

By Herp News Conservationists have succeeded in catching a wild Sumatran rhino in the Malaysia state of Sabah in Borneo, according to local media reports. Officials are currently transferring the rhino, an unnamed female, to a rhino sanctuary in Tabin National Park where experts will attempt to mate it with the resident male, Tam. The […]

If a first responder is on the scene of an accident or injury, and there’s a loose reptile present, or the injured person was bitten by one, will they know what to do? They will if they’ve been taught the basics by an expert. That’s exactly the program being offered in one Canadian community. From […]

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

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 […]