By Herp News Authorities say they found found evidence of a live loggerhead sea turtle and unhatched sea turtle eggs at Kim Raymond Feaste's home. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

If you want a Gardiner’s Seychelles frog to hear what you have to say, tell him to forget his ears and open his mouth. From NatGeo: Scientists had thought that the Gardiner’s Seychelles frog—at 11 millimeters among the tiniest in the world—was deaf because it doesn’t have a middle ear, a critical component of hearing […]

By Herp News Gardiner’s frogs from the Seychelles islands, one of the smallest frogs in the world, do not possess a middle ear with an eardrum yet can croak themselves, and hear other frogs. An international team of scientists using X-rays has now solved this mystery and established that these frogs are using their mouth […]

By Herp News IRSEE, Germany, Sept. 2 (UPI) — Officials in a German village said they are planning to use a giant rake in an attempt to find a suspected alligator turtle in a local pond. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Florida Fish and Wild life officials went to a man’s Channelside apartment and found a sea turtle in an aquarium. The man also is a suspect in the disturbing of a nest on Casey Key. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News In a world first, scientists have captured images and video of a boa constrictor attacking and devouring whole a femle howler monkey, one of the largest new world primates weighing in at around 4 kilograms (8.8 pounds). The rare predation event was recorded in a tiny forest fragment (2.5 hectares) in the […]

By Herp News In a world first, scientists have captured images and video of a boa constrictor attacking and devouring whole a femle howler monkey, one of the largest new world primates weighing in at around 4 kilograms (8.8 pounds). The rare predation event was recorded in a tiny forest fragment (2.5 hectares) in the […]

By Herp News Turtle Bay Resort's new incentive package invites companies to pack up their offices and bring them to the beach. Multi-million dollar renovation of guestrooms, spa, and restaurants near completion. (PRWeb August 31, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8/prweb11076984.htm Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon […]

By Herp News A Hillsborough County man is charged with illegally possessing a sea turtle and authorities say he Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News An exotic lizard on the run caused a stir in a Texas neighborhood on Friday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Officials hope the second reptile amnesty day will stop people from releasing alligators into the wild on LI. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A reptile rescuer said he has removed an increasing number of illegal, deadly snakes and even alligators from homes in Utah. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The reptile exhibit at the Saint John Exhibition is drawing mixed reactions from some patrons, who think it is occurring too soon after the tragic deaths of two young brothers in Campbellton. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News MICHIGAN CITY—The 7th annual Washington Park Zoo Reptile Day on Saturday attempted to prove that snakes are not that bad once you get to know them. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A large wild snapping turtle is back in its natural habitat, after animal services officers in Winnipeg rescued it near an Elmwood intersection this morning. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A sea turtle returned to the Gulf this morning after being rescued from a crab trap and treated by the Mote Marine Laboratory. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on Aug. 30, 2013 and cumulativ Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A large wild snapping turtle is back in its natural habitat, after animal services officers in Winnipeg rescued it near an Elmwood intersection this morning. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Investigators release photos of a man disturbing an endangered loggerhead sea turtle nest on Casey Key Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

The Bronx may not be the first place that comes to mind for saving threatened species, but for the eastern hellbender salamander, it’s working out just fine. That’s the word from the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo, which just oversaw the release of 38 juvenile hellbenders into their native habitat in western New York State. […]

By Herp News Investigators release photos of a man disturbing an endangered loggerhead sea turtle nest on Casey Key. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Fishing communities on Agatti Island in Lakshwadeep, India, blame their reduced fish catch on green turtles; according to them, green turtles chomp their way through the seagrass beds lining the shallow reef waters that are essential for fish to breed. This leads some in the community to clandestinely kill sea turtles and […]

By Herp News A collection of hatchlings are ready to make the trip out to sea. Published: Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 14:38 PM. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

In Contra Costa County in San Francisco’s East Bay, a pair of scammers have pulled off a string of burglaries, claiming to be animal control officers checking the property for snakes. From The Contra Costa Times: The incident, reported in Hayward, is one of three incidents in as many days that scammers tricked their way […]

By Herp News A police officer shot a monitor lizard to death as it was attacking chickens at a Ledyard resident's home. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

It will take more than a village to successfully re-introduce the Eastern indigo snake in Alabama’s Conecuh National Forest. It will take careful science, cooperation between academia, non-profits, and government, a lot of community outreach and education, and luck. From a report on the project from the Living Alongside Wildlife blog: We have had to […]

By Herp News The reptile exhibit at the Saint John Exhibition is drawing mixed reactions from some patrons, who think it is occurring too soon after the tragic deaths of two young brothers in Campbellton. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News If you love snakes, you may want to check out the reptile education demonstration at the New York State fair. Our Lisa Chelenza got a sneak peek. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Organizations within the international conservation community are joining forces to minimize impending extinctions in Southeast Asia, where habitat loss, trade and hunting have contributed to a dramatic decline in wildlife. The coalition is aptly named ASAP, or the Asian Species Action Partnership. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]

By Herp News Snapping turtles are surviving in urban areas as their natural habitats are being polluted or developed for construction projects. One solution is for people to stop using so many chemicals that are eventually dumped into the waterways, a scientist said. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]

By Herp News Find out why researchers believe the problems of the Indian River Lagoon will not affect the nesting activities of sea turtles along the Treasure Coast. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Wildlife smuggler, Ousame Diallo, who has admitted to illegally trafficking 500 endangered chimpanzees out of the Republic of Guinea, was sentenced to a year in prison in the West African country reports WWF. The arrest and charge was supported by INTERPOL and to anti-wildlife trafficking local group, GALF. Go to Source …read […]

By Herp News An assortment of marine animals and birds reside along the black volcanic sand beaches of Guatemala’s Pacific coast, but lately both residents and visitors on the southeast beaches of the country have observed a tragic event – the stranding of dead sea turtles. Eighty dead sea turtles have been recorded since the […]

By Herp News Polka-dotted and striped. Massive but docile. That’s the whale shark for you – the largest fish and shark in the world. But despite being major tourist attractions, the lives of these awe-inspiring creatures of the ocean remain far from being demystified. However, a team of researchers from Australia may now have some […]

The state of Florida is asking for help from the public in determining whether the Florida Pine Snake, the Southern Hognose Snake, and the Short Tailed Snake should be placed on the federal endangered species list. The three snakes are considered at risk due to habitat destruction. The project involves GPS mapping of sitings, and […]

By Herp News Boaters in Notre Dame Bay came upon a large animal in distress at Tea Arm near Pleasantview Sunday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News LEDYARD, Conn. – The story of a large reptile roaming this rural town was no urban legend. Police said a Ledyard officer shot a monitor lizard to death Sunday afternoon, … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The story of a large reptile roaming this rural town was no urban legend. Police say a Ledyard officer shot a monitor lizard to death Sunday afternoon, after a resident called 911 to report what she believed to be an alligator attacking the chickens in her coop. Go to Source …read more […]

By Herp News Officer reportedly forced to shoot reptile to protect fellow patrolmen, chickens Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Reports of large reptile in Connecticut town are true: Officer kills lizard menacing chickens         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links