By Herp News KUALA TERENGGANU, Feb 24 (Bernama) – The Terengganu Fisheries Department is holding a turtle exhibition to draw tourists during Visit Malaysia Year 2014. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia: A private turtle conservation effort off the Sandakan coast got a much needed boost with three landowners allowing the collection of the highly sought-after eggs for conservation. The effort was initiated by the Trekkers Lodge on Pulau Libaran, and would see staff collecting eggs laid by the green turtle […]

By Herp News KOTA KINABALU: A private turtle conservation effort on an island off the east coast of Sandakan district is getting a boost with three landowners allowing the collection of the marine creatures’ eggs from their properties. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News ?? Tegus are native to South America. ?? The tegu's diet includes fruits, vegetables, eggs, insects, cat or dog food, and small animals such as lizards and rodents. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News It is obvious that at the moment Indonesia neither has the political commitment nor ability to safeguard its dwindling populations of orangutans. Despite its Presidentially supported Action Plan to stabilize all remaining wild populations by 2017, orangutan habitats in Sumatra and Borneo are disappearing as rapidly as ever. Go to Source …read […]

By Herp News A new study has found that 42 countries or territories around the world permit the harvest of marine turtles — and estimates that more than 42,000 turtles are caught each year by these fisheries. All seven marine turtle species are currently listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The direct […]

By Herp News As it was a model, allowed me take photos from every angle. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News In a move signaling their commitment to CITES agreements on international trade of plants and animals, the Indonesian government declared two species of manta ray ‘protected’ under Indonesian law. Decree Number 4/KEPMEN-KP/2014 issued by Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries states that two manta ray species, Manta birostris and Manta alfredi, now […]

Check out this video “Arizona Field 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 Student biologists learn the how-to's of  wildlife research by studying the life and death of lizards in Oregon's Alvord desert. For 15 years Dr. Roger Anderson has been leading students on a three-week immersion into lizard ecology and behavior. Students cope with the primitive conditions of life in a desert encampment while […]

I had a Frankie Tail. Worked on it for two days. Down to the final draft. In walks Fate with its gnarly teeth ready to bite me on the butt. Accidental swipe of a thumb over the Touchpad and the whole thing disappeared tagged by Mr Auto-Save. That Frankie Tail was to be was no […]

Peru’s treasured Manu National Park is the world’s top biodiversity hotspot for reptiles and amphibians, according to a new survey published last week by biologists from the University of California, Berkeley, Southern Illinois University in Carbondale (SIU-Carbondale) and Illinois Wesleyan University. The park, which encompasses lowland Amazonian rain forest, high-altitude cloud forest and Andean grassland […]

By Herp News A baby loggerhead turtle washed ashore during the recent storms is “extremely fortunate” to be alive, experts say. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Animals of the Serengeti: And Ngorongoro Conservation Area by Adam Scott Kennedy and Vicki Kennedy is an easy-to-use guidebook that is also very readable. The region covered by the book is the Greater Serengeti area bounded in the west by Lake Victoria and the east by Lake Manyara in Tanzania, and in […]

New research at the University of Sydney may give conservation of crocodiles a boost by examining how their tough lives have given their immune systems an evolutionary advantage. From Phys.org: The MHC is a group of genes that help the immune system identify microbes and parasites. They play an important role in disease resistance, as […]

By Herp News The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa is back in Grand Forks Tuesday discussing the possibility of building a casino in the city. Tuesday's City Council meeting is a chance for the Turtle Mountain Band to discuss their vision for the Casino in Grand Forks. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

By Herp News Eileen Nelson, an engineer with Stantec Consulting Services Inc., the township's engineer, told Newtown Supervisors at the last meeting that there has been further delay with the awarding of the contract for the Gradyville Road Bridge project due to “the bog turtle.” Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]

By Herp News Newport Aquarium announced Tuesday, Feb. 18, the addition of Turtle Canyon, a thrilling new exhibit set to open to the public March 22, 2014. (PRWeb February 18, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/02/prweb11594557.htm Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A new turtle exhibit is coming to the Newport Aquarium. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Eileen Nelson, an engineer with Stantec Consulting Services Inc., the township’s engineer, told Newtown Supervisors at the last meeting that there has been further delay with the awarding of the contract for the Gradyville Road Bridge project due to “the bog turtle.” Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]

By Herp News Representatives of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa will be back in Grand Forks Tuesday to discuss the possibility of a casino here with the City Council. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Welcome to Wildleaks: a new website that aims to give the global public a secure and anonymous platform to report wildlife trafficking and illegal deforestation. The illegal wildlife trade has become one of the world’s largest criminal activities in recent years, decimating elephants, rhinos, tigers, primates, and thousands of lesser known species. […]

Looks like ancient reptiles got deliveries from the stork. That’s an amazingly inaccurate paraphrase of a recent study published on the journal PLOS ONE, which analyzed an ichthyosaur fossil. From National Geographic: The 248-million-year-old fossil from the Mesozoic era (252 to 66 million years ago) reveals an ichthyosaur baby inside its mother (orange) and another […]

By Herp News Sarah Clowe, museum educator, shows off an European Legless Lizard during a demonstration of live animals during February Science Camp at the Children's Museum of Science and Technology Monday in Troy. CMOST is designed specifically for children and adults to explore science. At left, Rocco Spadoni, 3, takes a hands-on approach with […]

By Herp News Scientists have identified a new species of day gecko that is the largest in its genus (Cnemaspis) to be found in Sri Lanka. To date, it has been observed only within the Rammalakanda Reserve in southern Sri Lanka, an area spanning just 1,700 hectares, raising questions about the viability of this population […]

By Herp News Bilal Habib is closely tracking the flight of a bird. Six times a day he gets its location, within a few hundred feet, through a GPS monitoring device attached to its body. One of the last members of its species, this Great Indian Bustard is part of the latest effort to save […]

Developers or snakes? You decide. From the Kansas City Star: Barely a half-foot long without a drop of venom, the redbelly snake hardly seems a threat. Unless you’re a developer or public official in Johnson County. Listed by Kansas as a threatened species, the reddish brown reptile with the orange belly is complicating growth in […]

By Herp News Rehabilitated sea turtle final one to be returned from group of 24 brought to SeaWorld Orlando in December off coast of Cape Cod The patient suffered from severe pneumonia and tissue wounds.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Photographer Christopher Mullen found this dead lizard near the Glenwood Springs whitewater park on Thursday night, Feb. 13. Is anyone looking for a lost lizard? Email Drew Munro at dmunro@postindependent.com if you have information about this mystery lizard. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]

By Herp News Love is in the air, and in the sea this Valentine's Day, as a male and female loggerhead turtle were released together Friday off the Florida Keys. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News In a 23 News Exclusive Mike Garrigan talked to a local woman that had a recent dinner preparation take quite a bizarre turn. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Photographer Christopher Mullen found this dead lizard near the Glenwood Springs whitewater park on Thursday night, Feb. 13. Is anyone looking for a lost lizard? Email Drew Munro at dmunro@postindependent.com if you have information about this mystery lizard. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]

By Herp News A fossil specimen recovered in China shows an ancient reptile in the middle of giving live birth, indicating that live-birth in air-breathing marine animals was not an aquatic adaptation. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News In a 23 News Exclusive Mike Garrigan talked to a local woman that had a recent dinner preparation take quite a bizarre turn. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News DAVIS, Calif., Feb. 13 (UPI) — A fossil of a giant marine reptile known as an ichthyosaur may show evidence of the oldest live reptilian birth ever seen, U.S. paleontologists say. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Paleontologists have discovered a fossil of a baby reptile emerging from its mother's body during its birth, millions of years before dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Check out this video “Honduran Milk Snakes,” submitted by kingsnake.com user boa2cobras. 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 Beaked whales are incredibly elusive and rare, little-known to scientists and the public alike—although some species are three times the size of an elephant. Extreme divers, beaked whales have been recorded plunging as deep as 1,800 meters (5,900 feet) for over an hour. Few of the over 20 species are well-known by […]

By Herp News These are sights that have rarely been seen by human eyes: a stealthy jaguar, a bustling giant armadillo, and, most amazingly, a sloth slurping up clay from the ground. A new compilation of camera trap videos from Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorean Amazon shows a staggering array of species, many cryptic […]

By Herp News Almost everyone knows what an earthworm is, but these very familiar animals are just one variation on a very rich theme that is at its most fabulously varied in the oceans. The mind-boggling appearances and lifestyles of the marine segmented worms are perfectly exemplified by this week’s animal. Go to Source …read […]