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Snake Chef Dies After Getting Bit By A Cobra’s Severed Head

The chef apparently grabbed the head to toss it when it bit him.

Russians Sentenced To 15 Months In Singapore Prison For Smuggling Endangered Pond Turtles

27 of the 206 pond turtles have since died.

Reticulated Python Bites Owner Of Captive Born Reptiles

Three officers helped to remove the python from the owner.

Bobby The Wildlife Warrior From Queensland Australia

Coming to a screen near you is Bobby the Wildlife Warrior! The boy, Bobby, hails from Australia and he will be bringing you some cool herping videos from Queensland, Australia, according to his YouTube page. He only has two YouTube…

Rabbit Fends Off Snake That Attacked Its Babies

This rabbit was pretty angry that a snake was trying to eat its babies. It appears the snake had killed one and was in the process of eating it when the rabbit came back and started attacking the snake. The…

Racoon Hitches Ride Atop Alligator In Florida

Could this be a real photograph or is it of the Photoshop variety? Richard Jones of Palatka, Fla. was walking along the Oklahawa River in the Ocala National Forest with his family when his son apparently startled a raccoon on…

Zilla Donates $25,000 To USARK

Zilla, maker of reptile and amphibian products announced that it donated $25,000 to the United States Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK) at the March 2015 North American Reptile Breeders Conference (NARBC). The donation was made after recent anti-reptile legislation was…

3D Image Shows Frog Within An Argentine Horned Frog

Most of us know that the Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata), aka the Pac-Man Frog has a fairly wide mouth and eats most anything that it can fit inside. We also know that the horned frog is a sit and…

Prince Harry Greets A Tuatara In New Zealand

The latest celebrity to handle a reptile? Prince Harry. Well not so much a celebrity as royalty. The prince was in New Zealand for the first time this weekend to the island nation, the first member of Britain’s royal family…

RIP: U.S. Soldier Dies Of Venomous Snake Bite In Kenya

A U.S. Army soldier who enlisted in 2013 to serve and protect the United States was bit by a venomous snake February 19 and died. Department of Defense Pfc. Bailey Jerome Swaggart. Pfc. Bailey Jerome Swaggart, 25, 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division, was…

How Does The Panther Chameleon Change Colors?

So you want to know how the panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) changes its skin color? Well, scientists at the University of Geneva in Switzerland wanted to know also, so they researched how the lizard did and wrote a paper on…

Sulcata Tortoise And Pit Bull Are Best Friends

Looks like man’s best friend has found a new best friend in an 8-year-old Sulcata tortoise named Sheldon. Sheldon and his new best friend, Dolly, a female American pit bull terrier, were originally housed at the Humane Society of North…

Phoenix Suns Players Get Punked On Halloween With Fake Cobra

Someone in the Phoenix Suns basketball organization thought it would be funny to pull a Halloween snake prank on the team. Supposedly in the gym for a photo shoot, player after player is asked to open a cooler to grab…

How Do Sidewinders Climb Sandy Slopes?

So just how does the sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes) climb sand dunes? It has perplexed scientists and herpetologists for years, but now a study that looks at how the sidewinder slithers up sandy slopes has found the answer. Read More Sidewinder Venomous…

2014 REPTILES magazine Tat Attack Winners!

Congratulations to the three winners of the 2014 REPTILES magazine Tat Attack Contest. Angela De Palatis 1st place prize of $200 went to Angela De Palatis for red-tailed boa constrictor. Lisa Sharp 2nd place prize of $100 went to Lisa Sharp for Brother's Island…