By Herp News The House cliffhanger vote on the  last day of the legislative session was met with applause. It was an end to a decades-long fight to keep country, country. Click here to watch Catherine Cruz's report. “I think we have to celebrate today's victory and again, it's not just for the residents of […]

By Herp News The House cliffhanger vote on the  last day of the legislative session was met with applause. It was an end to a decades-long fight to keep country, country. Click here to watch Catherine Cruz's report. “I think we have to celebrate today's victory and again, it's not just for the residents of […]

By Herp News If you want to talk turtle, Greg Levish is your man and the Crooked Creek Environmental Learning Center on Saturday is the place to do … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A simple sample of the protective mucus layer that coats a frog’s skin can now be analyzed to determine how susceptible the frog is to disease, thanks to a new technique. The findings could help scientists successfully reintroduce endangered amphibians into the wild by reducing the chance that the amphibians will be […]

Check out this video “Leopard Gecko Morphs,” submitted by kingsnake.com user PH FasDog. 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 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A dangerous exotic lizard, probably kept as a pet, either escaped or was dumped in Scottsdale and is still on the loose. A family near 57th Street and Thunderbird Road spotted the 3-foot long, 10-pound Tegu lizard in their backyard. “It was big and ugly,” Robeta Koron told 3TV. […]

By Herp News If you want to talk turtle, Greg Levish is your man and the Crooked Creek Environmental Learning Center on Saturday is the place to do … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Often called “the babies”, “the trio” or the most recent “the Three Amigos”; Hotrod, Pokey and Teddy were originally wild with the first two found in the middle of the street that led to the railroad tracks while Teddy was found in a back yard. Thinking they were helping instead of hindering the Care Takers […]

By Herp News Update: We've received a comment from Josh Olin further clarifying his Twitter remarks and on his termination by 2K Games and Turtle Rock. Josh Olin: “Anyone who follows me knows my tweets were not in support of Sterling's actions. Rather, they were promoting three core tenets I believe in: 1) The harm […]

By Herp News Waltzing Matilda, a gecko lizard, has been reunited with her tearful young owner – all thanks to the power of the internet. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Greg bought me a Fitbit. It’s a little device I wear on my person that tracks my steps, activity levels, calories burned and sleep. All that information is transmitted to my own personal fitness page where I can also enter what I’ve eaten. I can clearly see how food and activity directly effect my bottom […]

By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors today announced the introduction of the Tortoise VIP MLP & Pipeline Portfolio, an investment solution serving the variable annuity market. The variable insurance portfolio will invest primarily in equity securities of MLP and pipeline companies that own and operate essential North American energy infrastructure assets, with an investment objective […]

By Herp News Once almost extinct in parts of Europe in the late 17th century, the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) eventually bounced back, and how: today, it is one of the most widespread deer in Europe. But will its luck dry out in the future? A new study published in PLoSBiology suggests that while roe […]

By Herp News Amphibians in the West’s high-mountain areas find themselves caught between climate-induced habitat loss and predation from introduced fish. A novel combination of tools could help weigh where amphibians are in the most need of help. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News For three years, Ramsey Langford searched for a spotted turtle in two Summit County parks. And found nothing. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Students at St. Edward School in New Iberia got a hands-on lesson on reptiles today. One of the nation's leading reptile experts was on hand to teach the students about their impact on wildlife throughout the world. The students were also able to interact with a few animals, including an alligator, snapping […]

By Herp News This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on April 30, 2014 and cumulati Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The 96 Elephants campaign has asked the television program, Antiques Roadshow, to stop airing appraisals of ivory, even if it is antique. To help convince the PBS program, the campaign produced a satiric video capturing not the worth of ivory, but its cost. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]

By Herp News The 96 Elephants campaign has asked the television program, Antiques Roadshow, to stop airing appraisals of ivory, even if it is antique. To help convince the PBS program, the campaign produced a satiric video capturing not the worth of ivory, but its cost. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]

By Herp News Vitis vinifera are common grapevines and are the world’s favorite wine-producing varietal. However, research has shown that grapevines are susceptible to powdery mildew, a plant disease, which contributes to significant crop loss for most commercial wine varietals that are cultivated each year. Now, researchers have used frog eggs to determine the cause […]

By Herp News Vitis vinifera are common grapevines and are the world’s favorite wine-producing varietal. However, research has shown that grapevines are susceptible to powdery mildew, a plant disease, which contributes to significant crop loss for most commercial wine varietals that are cultivated each year. Now, researchers have used frog eggs to determine the cause […]

By Herp News Albuquerque, New Mexico – As temperatures climb across the American Southwest, researchers have found some species will win, but others stand to lose – and lose big. The U.S. Geological Survey and researchers from the University of New Mexico and Northern Arizona University released a report this week that takes a closer […]

By Herp News Albuquerque, New Mexico – As temperatures climb across the American Southwest, researchers have found some species will win, but others stand to lose – and lose big. The U.S. Geological Survey and researchers from the University of New Mexico and Northern Arizona University released a report this week that takes a closer […]

By Herp News So, you’re a fish swimming in a river in Louisiana. Hungry, you see a little worm wiggling out from the river bed. You swoop in for the ambush only to have that little worm turn into the gaping maw of some prehistoric-looking monster out of fishy nightmares. You’ve been duped: it’s too […]

By Herp News So, you’re a fish swimming in a river in Louisiana. Hungry, you see a little worm wiggling out from the river bed. You swoop in for the ambush only to have that little worm turn into the gaping maw of some prehistoric-looking monster out of fishy nightmares. You’ve been duped: it’s too […]

You don’t normally think Burmese pythons when you hear about therapy animals helping kids, but that’s just what they’re doing at Nova’s Ark in Brooklin, Ont. Read about it here. Photo: MSN Canada …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News With the 2014 tourism season in the books now that Easter has passed, another season is upon us with an official beginning tomorrow. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The value of Australia’s newly established network of marine parks has been highlighted by an international project that used satellites to track the vulnerable flatback sea turtle. In the study, researchers used advanced satellite tracking systems to record the passage of more than 70 flatbacks off the north-west Australian coastline. A high […]

By Herp News It’s well known that much of the world’s massive illegal wildlife trade ends up in China, including poached tigers, pangolins, and bears. But now those who order pangolin fetuses, tiger blood, or bear bile at a restaurant or market may see significant jail time. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

By Herp News The developer of Evolve is looking to hire a technical artist to work alongside the team in the company's new Lake Forest, CA studio on a game targeting next-generation hardware. … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News [ Watch The Video: Animation Of Flatback Turtle Tracking Data Off NW Western Australia ] Deakin University The value of Australia 's newly established network of marine parks has been highlighted by an international project that used satellites to track the vulnerable flatback sea turtle . Researchers from Deakin University, Swansea University […]

By Herp News The animal, which weighs nine stone and is still getting bigger could end up weighing 200 pounds (14 stone). The tortoise has been nicknamed Victor Meldrew. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Just about everybody knows the story of ‘ The Tortoise and the Hare ’ from their childhood, perhaps the most well known of Aesop's Fables and the wise lessons that lay inside. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News In a country increasingly known for its authoritarian-style crackdown on activists and dissidents, a bat scientist has won a number of impressive victories to protect the dwindling forests of the Western Caucasus. For his efforts, Gazaryan was awarded today with the Goldman Environmental Prize, often called the Nobel Prize for the environment, […]

Now, see, this is what we mean when we say “decent media reporting about snakes where the reporter actually takes a few minutes to do his or her job,” which is something we don’t get to say much. Sadly. So thank you, Brian Hicks, of the Post and Courier, for pointing out that the media […]

By Herp News The newly identified Jurassic period creature, a species named Kryptodrakon progenitor that was unearthed in the Gobi desert in northwestern China, was modest in size, with a wingspan of perhaps 4-1/2 feet (1.3 meters). But later members of its branch of the flying reptiles known as pterosaurs were truly colossal, including Quetzalcoatlus, […]

By Herp News An albino variety of the snake, popular in the pet trade, is decimating native bird, mammal and lizard species that have had no time to evolve evasive patterns. An albino variety of California kingsnake popular in the pet trade has infested the Canary Islands, decimating native bird, mammal and lizard species that […]

By Herp News Scientists on Landaa Giraavaru island hunt for culprits behind increasing number of lost nets causing injury to turtles In the Maldives, at the heart of the Indian Ocean, scores of turtles are being found with gashed or ripped-off flippers and deep scars in their shells. The cause is clear: the turtles are […]

By Herp News Reptile takes on reptile in epic duel captured by onlookers at Lake Moondarra, near Mount Isa Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News LUMUT – An endangered green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) has been found dead in the waters off Teluk Senangin near here two days ago. It was believed to have been hooked by a fishing line. Sahabat Alam Malaysia field officer Meor Razak Meor Abdul Rahman said the male turtle, believed to be […]