Giving The Gift Of Reptiles
We love reptiles, but think carefully before giving reptiles as gifts.
Russ Case Blog
Herpetological Horrors No. 6
Fer-de-Lance (1974) is a mostly forgettable TV movie that actually beat Snakes On a Plane to its primary plot device of people trapped somewhere with a bunch of venomous snakes. As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog about Snakes On a…
Don’t Forget The Newts
People who want to submit articles to REPTILES are always pitching ideas to me regarding lizards, snakes and turtles and tortoises. Very rarely does anyone surface who wants to write an article about newts. I can almost consider these animals, as…
REPTILES Magazine Photo Shoot
Many reptiles recently visited the REPTILES magazine editorial offices for a photo shoot.
Fish And Wildlife Also Against Snakes
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service enters the python-ban fray.
Daytona: Reptile Talks The Night Before The Expo
REPTILES’ Sandy Quinn joined this year’s roster of speakers in Daytona.
Bill Brant’s Reptile Call To Action
The next six months are crucial to the reptile industry.
Herpetological Horrors No. 3
By Russ Case
Go See Sandy
Although editors by necessity have to spend much of their time shackled to their desks cranking out articles for our magazines, occasionally we get to venture forth into the public. I wrote about one of my recent forays at the America’s…
Fun & Games On ReptileChannel
By Russ Case
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Precious movie review.
REPTILES…Helping Companies Help Themselves
Marketers know reptiles are attention-grabbers.
<em>A Christmas Carol</em>
A Christmas Carol movie review.
Fantastic Gliding Lizards
Lizards of the genus Draco are among the most bizarre reptiles.
A Prophet and Mother
Movie reviews of A Prophet and Mother.
Herpetological Horrors No. 5
When talk turns to horror movies that feature reptiles, Snakes On a Plane (2006) is bound to come up. Probably the most famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) in this subgenre, the movie had so much advance…
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland movie review.
Do You Know Ditmars?
Knowing that reptile newbies are entering the hobby every day, I thought I’d take a short blog to alert them to a classic figure in the world of herpetology that they may or may not have heard of (there are…
Herpetological Horror No. 2
To those of you just joining us, I’m writing a series of blogs about horror films that feature reptiles. Most, if not all of the films I’ll be writing about are quite cheesy. Yesterday I wrote about Frogs, a 1972…
Herpetological Horrors No. 4
One of the most famous urban myths is the one about alligators in city sewers. Who knows, maybe some baby caimans have ended up in the sewer on occasion – don’t most things end up in the sewer at some…
Halloween Special Scary Movie Blog
My picks for the scariest movies of all time.
Herpetological Horrors No. 9
Herpetological Horror No. 2, revealed in my May 21 blog, was Sssssss (like I said before, ALWAYS use seven S’s). That 1973 film featured a wacky scientist/herpetologist who was busily attempting to transform people into king cobras. The scientist in today’s…
Do Reptiles Really Like Us?
Having been in the pet magazine business for more than 16 years – not to mention being an animal enthusiast for pretty much my entire life -- I’ve observed (and sometimes been targeted by) a broad range of opinion among…
Herpetological Horrors No. 10
Willard (1971) was a blockbuster (for its time) about a persecuted and disturbed young man who had made friends with an army of rats. Eventually, he sicced them on his brutish boss, who they reduced to pulp. After the deed…
