By Herp News It's been a long, long winter Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

It started in still-frigid New England, hit half a dozen aquariums on the way, and ended up on the beaches of Jacksonville, Florida, carrying 52 cold-stunned sea turtles back to warmer climes after a period of rehabilitation at each aquarium. It was dubbed the Great Sea Turtle Trek. From the National Aquarium’s WATERblog: The #SeaTurtleTrek […]

By Herp News A small, boneless creature, that lives underground, with a “hundred” legs, and a rather powerful sting; some of these creatures are drab, but some are so beautiful and brightly colored that they can startle. Centipedes. There is more to a centipede than its many legs, and its habit of darting out of […]

By Herp News WWF-Indonesia had considered the impact of the publication of finding traces of Sumatran rhinos in Kalimantan. In the two-month period before it was published, WWF-Indonesia had coordinated with various parties, including the local government, the Forestry Ministry, rhino experts, local university and other related parties to set up strategies and to ensure […]

By Herp News In less than 40 years, drinking wine could have a major toll on the environment and wildlife, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study finds that climate change will likely force many vineyards to move either north or to higher altitudes, leading […]

By Herp News Less than 100 Sumatran rhinos survive in the world today, according to a bleak new population estimate by experts. The last survey in 2008 estimated that around 250 Sumatran rhinos survived, but that estimate now appears optimistic and has been slashed by 60 percent. However conservationists are responding with a major new […]

By Herp News Brevard Zoo has been awarded a $39,800 grant to open a new Sea Turtle Hospital that will treat sick and injured endangered sea turtles . Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A newly-hatched western pond turtle is small enough to be eaten by a bullfrong, one of many perils it faces. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Brevard Zoo has been awarded a $39,800 grant to open a new Sea Turtle Hospital that will treat sick and injured endangered sea turtles . Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The black-and-brown reticulated boa constrictor slithered from one of Eric Sheets’ arms to the other while his children, Mackenzie, 15, and Evan, 19, oohed and aahed over the black Eastern Kingsnake their dad just bought for $100. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

I had Tilly my turtle outside sun bathing today in a gaint pond insert and the dog was chained up and i didn’t relize that she could get to it. But some how my dog got the turtle out of the pond insert.Tilly is doing just fine i think. He is eating and acting normal […]

By Herp News redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Researchers at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Dresden have discovered that a freshwater turtle species declared extinct has not died out as experts had previously believed – in truth, it never existed. The Seychelles mud turtle Pelusios seychellensis was originally described in 1906 […]

Hello, and thanks for reading!This is Yertle, in which I don’t have anymore. I have one three-toed box turtle named Mack. When I got her I didn’t know how to tell apart genders, so that explains her boy’s name. I had wanted a turtle really badly and I finally did for my birthday and he […]

By Herp News Chase Guin, 8, pets a Columbian tego that Don McLeister is holding. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Judah DuBois, 4, pets a crested gecko during the reptile exhibit at the World of Wonders Science Museum Saturday afternoon. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Judah DuBois, 4, left, and Chavy DuBois, 6, right, pet a crested gecko during the reptile exhibit at the World of Wonders Science Museum Saturday afternoon. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News A new sea turtle hospital has just been announced for Brevard County. Right now several injured or Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News An exotic lizard that can grow up to four feet long has been spotted just outside of Winter Haven. T Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The annual Reptile Roundup is slithering into World of Wonders Science Museum today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The WOW Museum is teaming up with local reptile stores and museums to offer a hands-on day of fun with live reptiles . Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]

By Herp News DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — An African leopard tortoise thought to be stolen from an Iowa museum was actually trapped behind paneling in her enclosure, and a misguided employee who found her lied to keep up the story about her theft, the museum announced Friday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

By Herp News An eastern Iowa tortoise originally thought to be stolen – then returned – was only hiding. Officials at the National… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Scientists continue to study the genome of the painted turtle, seeking clues in its amazing ability to survive and thrive in difficult environmental conditions that might help human victims of stroke, heart attack, and hypothermia. From 680News.com: The shelled reptile, named for the bright yellow stripes that adorn its body, is a fresh water species […]

By Herp News Scientists have decoded the genome of the western painted turtle, one of the most abundant turtles on Earth, finding clues to their longevity and ability to survive without oxygen during long winters spent hibernating in ice-covered ponds. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

The disastrous ExxonMobil oil spill in an Arkansas residential neighborhood is threatening reptiles and other local wildlife. From The NY Daily News: The evacuation of almost two dozen homes after an oil pipeline ruptured in Arkansas has left an eerie sight in one neighborhood — and many unanswered questions. “That neighborhood was like a scene […]

By Herp News A Seychelles freshwater turtle species declared extinct after decades of futile searches, in fact never existed, scientists said Thursday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Last Saturday, an oil pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Canada ruptured in Mayflower, Arkansas spilling between 3,500-5,000 barrels of crude (at most 210,000 gallons) into neighborhood streets and lawns. Families from 22 homes have been evacuated while clean-up crews have scrambled to contain the spill. ExxonMobil, which runs the 65-year-old Pegasus […]

By Herp News Last Saturday, an oil pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Canada ruptured in Mayflower, Arkansas spilling between 3,500-5,000 barrels of crude (at most 210,000 gallons) into neighborhood streets and lawns. Families from 22 homes have been evacuated while clean-up crews have scrambled to contain the spill. ExxonMobil, which runs the 65-year-old Pegasus […]

By Herp News Last Saturday, an oil pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Canada ruptured in Mayflower, Arkansas spilling between 3,500-5,000 barrels of crude (at most 210,000 gallons) into neighborhood streets and lawns. Families from 22 homes have been evacuated while clean-up crews have scrambled to contain the spill. ExxonMobil, which runs the 65-year-old Pegasus […]

By Herp News WWF-Indonesia recently caught the attention of the global media with their announcement that the Sumatran rhinoceros still exists in Indonesian Borneo, some 40 years after being declared extinct there. This sounds like great news for biodiversity conservation. But is it really? Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

By Herp News WWF-Indonesia recently caught the attention of the global media with their announcement that the Sumatran rhinoceros still exists in Indonesian Borneo, some 40 years after being declared extinct there. This sounds like great news for biodiversity conservation. But is it really? Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

By Herp News WWF-Indonesia recently caught the attention of the global media with their announcement that the Sumatran rhinoceros still exists in Indonesian Borneo, some 40 years after being declared extinct there. This sounds like great news for biodiversity conservation. But is it really? Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

By Herp News Described by a number of media outlets as “the size of your face” a new tree-dwelling tarantula discovered in Sri Lanka has awed arachnophiliacs and terrified arachnophobes alike. But the new species, named Raja’s tiger spider (Poecilotheria rajaei), is likely Critically Endangered according to the scientist that discovered it in northern Sri […]

By Herp News Described by a number of media outlets as “the size of your face” a new tree-dwelling tarantula discovered in Sri Lanka has awed arachnophiliacs and terrified arachnophobes alike. But the new species, named Raja’s tiger spider (Poecilotheria rajaei), is likely Critically Endangered according to the scientist that discovered it in northern Sri […]

By Herp News An accused reptile thief is due in court Thursday. Detectives say 21-year-old Devin Madej broke into Fresno’s Discovery Center and smashed up glass cases to steal multiple snakes and other reptiles . Since the break-in, the museum is beefing up their security.  The center already had a video surveillance system, which recorded […]

By Herp News The turtle species Pelusios seychellensis regarded hitherto as extinct never existed. Scientists discovered this based on genetic evidence. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

I am the master of all I see. It’s a pretty huge place. I like my leaves I like my rocks My staff occasionally add things What is this? This is too small. This one is great! Someone clean my pool! I do this a lot. This is an awesome slide! I used this as […]

By Herp News In a report released Tuesday, Public Policy Polling looked at conspiracy theories on a variety of issues. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Byline: The Lizard RNLI launch to channel collision Page Content: The Lizard RNLI lifeboat was launched at lunchtime today, Wednesday 18 March 2009) to assist a French yacht, feared sinking following a collision with a merchant vessel. Fortunately the incident was not as critical as first thought and the lifeboat was soon […]

By Herp News PARIS, France – A Seychelles freshwater turtle species declared extinct after decades of futile searches, in fact never existed, scientists said Thursday, April 4. While Man has the extinction of several turtle and tortoise species on his conscience, DNA evidence has now cleared him of exterminating Pelusios seychellensis, a team from … […]

By Herp News Turtle extinction is a serious crisis, with approximately half of around 328 species at risk of becoming extinct. In Asia, around 75 percent of freshwater turtle species are threatened or endangered. However, a German team from Senckenberg Research Institute in Dresden reported today that one species of supposedly extinct turtle never existed […]