Being the party that appealed USARK’s preliminary injunction, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) carries the burden of proof at the United States Court of Appeals. Accordingly, FWS was required to present its case first during the oral argument…
The Indian dancing frog (Micrixalus herrei), a frog that waves its legs when courting mates as well as in defense of its territory has been known to science for more than 125 years, but the behavior of its tadpoles have…
University of Utah students snapped a picture of the new species in 2013.
With the help of a scanning electron microscope and the color palette of modern day colubrid snakes, researchers have devised a color pattern.
The recovery plan for the California tiger salamander was 10 years in the making.
The snakes were found in a box declared to be T-shirts.
The foundation failed to protect the lizard or its habitat from the oil and gas industry.
A customer at a sushi restaurant in Studio City, Calif. was arrested after he apparently threw his 13-foot python at guests of the restaurant after an apparent altercation. The man, who had finished and paid for his meal was showing…
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, claiming the service has not decided whether to list the wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) as an endangered species. The Center petitioned the service to list the turtle…
Chinese social media reacts with impunity at this man for feeding a puppy to his snake.
While snakes of the viperidae family are perceived as the fastest strikers, the rat snake is oftentimes a faster striker than the vipers.
See a bearded dragon from a different perspective.
Desert tortoises cannot be released back into the wild once they are kept in captivity.
Khaire’s black shieldtail was discovered in India's southern Maharashtra, Goa, and northern Karnataka region.
Teyujagua paradoxa fills an evolutionary gap between archosauriforms and more primitive reptiles.
Terry Phillip is super cam as he feeds monocled cobras.
Microhyla laterite was discovered in laterite rock formations on India's coast.
The python was safely removed and released.
As part of a plea deal, Lewis Mark Pellicer will not possess venomous snakes for one year.
As part of a plea deal, Lewis Mark Pellicer will not possess venomous snakes for one year.
The researchers were able to find multiple lizard species from five clades.
The frog was discovered in the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve.
Rattlesnake festivals have traditionally been a gruesome affair for the stars of the show. The rattlesnakes gathered for these spectacles usually ended up dead. But over the last several years, that has changed, and most of these festivals have switched gears…
A woman who was staying at the Marriott Frenchman’s Cove in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, claims she was bitten on the leg by an iguana while lounging at the pool and is suing the hotel chain in Manhattan federal court,…
