By Herp News In 1864, Walter Campbell was an officer in the British Army, stationed in India when he penned these words in his journal: “Never attack a tiger on foot—if you can help it. There are cases in which you must do so. Then face him like a Briton, and kill him if you […]

By Herp News An amateur paleontologist discovered part of a limb bone of a huge sea turtle that lived some 70 million years ago. The other part of the same bone was first described in 1849. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

This physicist doesn’t just spend his days working with sidewinder rattlesnakes, but he makes robots of them, too. From Popular Science: Daniel Goldman spends his days working with venomous rattlesnakes, baby sea turtles, and a dozen other types of animals. But he isn’t a zookeeper, or even a biologist. He’s a physicist, studying locomotion at […]

By Herp News An amateur paleontologist discovered part of a limb bone of a huge sea turtle that lived some 70 million years ago. The other part of the same bone was first described in 1849. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News When Europeans first arrived in North America, they exterminated three to five billion passenger pigeons (Ectopistes migratorius) in the short span of a century through a combination of habitat destruction and hunting. In 1914, the last living passenger pigeon perished at the Cincinnati Zoo. Despite the staggering scale of this extinction event, […]

By Herp News A broken fossil turtle bone discovered by an amateur paleontologist in 2012 turned out to be the missing half of a bone first described in 1849. The surprising puzzle discovery has led paleontologists to revise conventional wisdom of how long fossils can survive exposed to surface conditions. It also provides insight into […]

By Herp News [ Watch the Video: Two Turtle Bones Reunited After 160 Years ] Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Against insurmountable odds and after more than 160 years, an ancient sea turtle has finally been reunited – with itself. Fossil evidence of the massive turtle Atlantochelys mortoni was first discovered in […]

By Herp News Brooks Hays March 25 (UPI) — The two halves of a sea turtle humerus, their discoveries separated by almost two centuries, fit perfectly together. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Thermoplastic exoskeleton could revolutionise car design.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Now that paleontologists have assembled a complete humerus bone from the sea turtle Atlantocheyls mortoni , they have more information about the species and its overall size. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News In 1929, two sons of Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy Junior and Kermit) led an expedition that killed a barking deer, or muntjac, in present-day Laos, which has left scientists puzzled for over 80 years. At first scientists believed it to be a distinct species of muntjac and named it Roosevelt’s muntjac (Muntiacus rooseveltorum), […]

By Herp News LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former host of Animal Planet's “Wild Recon” show has been sentenced to two years' probation and 200 hours of community service after admitting to trying to sell two endangered Iranian desert monitor lizards without a permit. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

Researchers at Ohio University have found evidence that a venomous snake existed in Africa 25 million years ago. From Science World: “In the Oligocene epoch, from about 34 to 23 million years ago, we would have expected to see a fauna dominated by booid snakes, such as boas and pythons. These are generally ‘sit and […]

By Herp News Newport Aquarium’s newest exhibit Turtle Canyon opened to the public at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 22, following an Annual Passholder preview event. (PRWeb March 22, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/03/prweb11694336.htm Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Over the past 25 years, West Africa’s primates have been put at risk due to an escalating bushmeat trade compounded with forest loss from expanding human populations. In fact, many endemic primates in the Upper Guinea forests of Liberia and Ivory Coast have been pushed to the verge of extinction. To better […]

By Herp News Salmonella may well be one of the most disreputable microbes in Western society. It’s infamous for its food-poisoning capabilities and has a well known history of wrecking the bonhomous vibe following a good summer barbecue, not to mention its singular ability to cast a sickly shadow over the breathtaking bounty of an […]

By Herp News Hopes for one of the world’s most imperiled megafauna rose this month when wildlife conservationists succeeded in catching a female Sumatran rhino named Iman in the Malaysian state of Sabah. The female, which experts believe to be fertile, has since been successfully transferred via helicopter to the Borneo Rhino Sanctuary where experts […]

Scientists always assumed yellow-bellied sea snake, like other sea-living creatures, could process the salt out of sea water to meet their needs for hydration without the negative effects of salinity. Turns out they were wrong, according to researcher Harvey Lillywhite from the University of Florida. From National Geographic: Lillywhite started studying this species in 2009, […]

Scientists always assumed yellow-bellied sea snake, like other sea-living creatures, could process the salt out of sea water to meet their needs for hydration without the negative effects of salinity. Turns out they were wrong, according to researcher Harvey Lillywhite from the University of Florida. From National Geographic: Lillywhite started studying this species in 2009, […]

By Herp News Turtle conservationist Kevin Muhammed, left, of the Grande Riviere Nature Tour Guides Association (GRNTGA) with Nigel Darlow, CEO, Atlantic. Atlantic has partnered with the Turtle Village Trust since 2008, and is the sole sponsor of the National Sea Turtle Tagging and Monitoring Programme. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]

By Herp News The two-day camp held four times yearly is for American Indian children. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Reptile Day at Panola Mountain Snake Park Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News WHITEVILLE – The woman who once exhibited a definite soft spot for an alligator was at it again last week. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia – An academic studying the economic behaviour of Sabah's northern communities stumbled upon 60 decomposing turtle carcasses on a remote island. Universiti Malaysia Sabah's Dr James Alin, an economist, said he was carrying out research at Pulau Tiga – an island under the proposed Tun Mustapha marine park in […]

By Herp News Mangalore Mar 21: In a stomach-churning incident, a patient who was admitted to Wenlock Hospital found a dead lizard in the food provided by the hospital. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News On Friday's FOX19 Morning News, we'll get an inside view of the new turtle exhibit at Newport Aquarium. Kelly Rippin will be live there from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Check out our Herp Video of the Week, submitted by kingsnake.com user Minuet. Submit your own reptile and amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News One of the world’s biggest populations of greater bamboo lemurs (Prolemur simus)—sometimes known as the panda lemur—has doubled in just three years, giving conservationists new hope that the species can be kept from extinction. With the recent arrival of twenty babies, a community conservation project run by the Aspinall Foundation has boosted […]

By Herp News Scientists have found the oldest definitive fossil evidence of modern, venomous snakes in Africa. The newly discovered fossils demonstrate that elapid snakes — such as cobras, kraits and sea snakes — were present in Africa as early as 25 million years ago. Elapids belong to a larger group of snakes known as […]

Way back in the 50s — the 1850s, that is — a scientist named discovered fossils of an Australian lizard he dubbed Megalania prisca. Measuring around 20 feet long, and suspected of living at the same time as early humans arrived on Australia, he was one big scary lizard. Or not. From the NatGeo blog […]

By Herp News Repticon Reptile and Exotic Animal Conventions happen all over the U.S., and the organization called Savannah home in the early 2000s. Now, Repticon is returning to Savannah for 2014, and event coordinator Skip Peel gives us the dirt behind the show. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

By Herp News A new turtle exhibit is coming to the Newport Aquarium. The cameras were rolling on Wednesday afternoon as FOX19 got a sneak peak at the new exhibit. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Most satellite tagging studies of leatherbacks have focused on adult females on their tropical nesting beaches, so little is known worldwide about males and subadults, the researcher point out. But now, tagging and satellite tracking in locations where leatherbacks forage has allowed the scientists to get a much richer picture of the […]

By Herp News The 5th Mai Khao Turtle Release is scheduled for April 13, 2014 on Phuket’s beautiful Mai Khao Beach. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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 […]