Hate ticks? Hate Lyme disease? Then embrace the rattlesnake. Researchers at the University of Maryland discovered that the Eastern timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus, keeps the ticks that cause Lyme disease in check by eating the rodents they’re attached to. From the UMD release: Human cases of Lyme disease, a bacterial illness that can cause serious […]

By Herp News The bushmeat markets of Lao PDR (Laos) are filled with racks of wild game harvested both legally and illegally from the surrounding landscapes. While these meat markets certainly provide local protein to patrons, for wildlife biologists they offer something more. These bizarre zoological exhibits are a rich source of information about wildlife […]

By Herp News The death of two young children who died after a large python escaped from a pet store has prompted shock and outrage across the country, from people who wonder how a creature could have been allowed to inflict such tragedy. … Continue reading → Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

By Herp News Police in Canada are looking into the deaths of two young boys who appear to have been strangled by an exotic snake. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Parametric Sound Corporation , a leading innovator of audio products and solutions, today announced that a joint presentation describing the pending merger with Turtle Beach is available on the Company's … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Pet owners never like to leave their pets behind when they travel — but only the obsessed few try to smuggle them onto an airplane disguised as a hamburger. From the South China Morning Post News: A man tried to smuggle his pet turtle through security in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport by hiding it in […]

By Herp News By Victoria Cavaliere (Reuters) – Two young brothers found dead in an apartment over a reptile store in New Brunswick, Canada, were believed to have been strangled by a snake that escaped its enclosure and slithered into the building's ventilation system, police said on Monday. The boys, ages 5 and 7, were […]

By Herp News By KATE STANTON, UPI.com A large snake — thought to be a boa constrictor but later identified as a python — strangled two Canadian boys in their sleep. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Conservationists seek help from the public to find out more about Scotland's snake, toad and lizard populations. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News By Victoria Cavaliere (Reuters) – Two young brothers found dead in an apartment over a reptile store in New Brunswick, Canada, were believed to have been strangled by a snake that escaped its enclosure and slithered into the building's ventilation system, police said on Monday. The boys, ages 5 and 7, were […]

By Herp News Parametric Sound Corporation , a leading innovator of audio products and solutions, and Turtle Beach, the market leader in video game audio, today announced that the companies have reached a Definitive … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Details are few and changing, but the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is reporting that two children ages 5 and 7 are dead after a large python escaped its enclosure in the pet store below their apartment overnight in the town of Campbellton, New Brunswick. According to the constable, it is thought the python entered the upstairs […]

By Herp News Gary Schmelz, in a Journey to the Edge of Eden, takes us through a wonderful personal account of the conservation history of Southwest Florida. Journey to the Edge of Eden is one part personal memoir similar to the English naturalist Gerald Durrell and one part Florida conservation history. With hilarious stories of […]

Check out this video “Field Herping Adventure,” 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 Fire breaks out in reptile house at Five Sisters Zoo in West Lothian Reptiles, insects and an otter died after a fire broke out at a Scottish zoo in the early hours of Sunday. Around 50 firefighters tackled the blaze at the reptile house of Five Sisters Zoo in Polbeth, West Lothian, […]

By Herp News A dead lizard was found in the mid-day meal served to children at a school in Berhampur district in Odisha on Saturday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A number of parks, beaches and conservation groups around the state run programs where nature-lovers can learn about the phenomenon and even watch baby turtles. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Beating some long odds, biologists and volunteers this week returned a 300-pound loggerhead sea turtle to the Gulf of Mexico in Galveston. The endangered turtle was emaciated when discovered on the island's West Beach in early June, said Lyndsey Howell, research fishery biologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Galveston. […]

By Herp News GUANGZHOU, China, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Authorities in China said a man tried to smuggle his pet turtle onto an airplane by hiding it inside of a hamburger. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News By VERONICA LINARES, UPI.com A man got caught trying to smuggle his pet turtle past airport security at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Two-headed turtle Thelma and Louise now has two things in common with its namesake: Texas and celebrity status. The bisephalic Texas cooter, born at the San Antonio Zoo on June 18, is now certifiably Facebook famous with over 3,200 followers and counting. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]

By Herp News If you see a box turtle in New York, don’t pick it up and help it on its way; it probably already knows where it’s going.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Researchers are conducting some of the first ever scientific studies of neonate pine snakes, performing snake surgery for radio tracking and helping snakes survive road crossings through the busy New Jersey shore traffic. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News This is the second such incident within week in the school located in Hinjili, the Assembly constituency of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Earlier, on July 25, a lizard was found in soya curry before it was served in the same school. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A dead lizard was found in the mid-day meal for the second time in a week, at a primary school at Hinjili in Odisha's Ganjam district today, officials said. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News This is the second such incident within week in the school located in Hinjili, the Assembly constituency of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A dead lizard was found in the mid-day meal at a primary school in Odisha Friday, an official said. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Bhubaneswar, Aug 2 (IANS) A dead lizard was found in the mid-day meal at a primary school in Odisha Friday, an official said. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Welcome to August! kingsnake.com and RodentPro.com will be displaying the kingsnake.com Zombiehunter Snake Hunting Truck at the entrance to this years National Reptile Breeders Expo in Daytona Beach. kingsnake.com will also be handing out their free “I brake for snakes, not Zombies” bumper stickers and RodentPro discount coupons. Join us from 10 am to 3 […]

I have not been around on the site much, been busy and havent had access to a computer. I do however still keep turtles and tortoises. I made new threads under box turtles, and tortoises sections. I’m currently working on a new outdoor enclosure and hopefully a small pond. Also still have my website up, […]

By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.0 billion and its unaudited net asset value Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.0 billion and its unaudited net asset value Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $429.6 million and its unaudit Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise North American Energy Corp. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $261.8 million and its unaudited Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise North American Energy Corp. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $261.8 million and its unaudited Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.1 billion and its unaudited net asset Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $234.2 million and Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.1 billion and its unaudited ne Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. today announced that as of July 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $390.4 million and its unaud Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links