Author: John Virata
How Do You Collect Sea Turtle Poop? You Build a Giant “Nappy”
Australian researchers built a device out of a sun shirt, some velcro and a custom poop collector to collect poop samples. [...]
Black Pine Snakes Listed As Threatened Under Endangered Species Act
A snake that depends on longleaf pine forests for survival has been granted protections under the Endangered Species Act. The black pine snake (Pituop [...]
Check Out This Albino Sea Turtle Hatchling Video
A sea turtle monitor who was excavating a nest on Florida’s Highland Beach found this albino sea turtle hatchling. Now sea turtle hatchlings are [...]
Researchers Discover Hermaphroditic Frog In New Guinea
The frogs, Cophixalus rajampatensis and Cophixalus salawatiensis have slender bodies less than 23mm in length. [...]
South Carolina Utility Crew Accidentally Runs Over Boa Constrictor
The snake was probably someone's pet that got loose. [...]
Horned Frogs Have Tongues That Are Strong Like Adhesive Tape
The horned frog's super sticky tongue helps it to subdue large prey items. [...]
USFWS Proposes Protections For Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake populations have declined due to wetlands draining and disease. [...]
Mealworms Can Eat Styrofoam With No Apparent Ill Effects
The researchers fed a strict diet of styrofoam to mealworms from birth to adulthood. [...]
Frilled Lizards Have Different Colored Frills Based On Location And The Prey They Eat
The color of frilled lizards in Western Australia is different from those in Queensland. [...]
Chinese Hold a Food Festival With An Endangered Species As The Main Course
Chinese giant salamanders are protected but farmed salamanders are what government officials claim are used for human consumption. [...]
Florida Woman Looking For Flea Market Bargains Finds An 8-Foot Burmese Python
A Burmese python was found amongst some clothing at a flea market in Florida. [...]
Kansas Family Finds Ball Python In Toilet
Have you ever found a reptile after a move to a new place to live? [...]
Researchers Discover Hawksbill Sea Turtles Are Biofluorescent
Divers were shooting biofluorescent corals when a Hawksbill sea turtle swam into the light and revealed it too was biofluorescent. [...]
Single Coqui Frog Captured On The Windward Side Of Oahu, HI
The coqui frog is established on the Big Island of Hawaii but is not yet established on Oahu. [...]
Wild Copperhead Snake Bites Child at Alabama Zoo
The snake was not part of an exhibit at the Birmingham Zoo. [...]
50,000-Year-Old Lizard Bone Dates Humans Living In Australia With Giant Lizards
Imagine having to deal with a fast monitor lizard that grew to six meters in length and weighed 500 kg. [...]
3-Year Old Girl Finds Two-Headed Ringneck Snake While Exploring in Her Backyard
The ringneck snake is common throughout much of North America [...]
Three Australian Frog Species Officially Extinct
The Kuranda treefrog has been upgraded to endangered from near-threatened. [...]
Lawsuit Regarding the “Snake Infested” Maryland House to Commence
Mediation as required by the sales contract failed to resolve the dispute. [...]
Search Called Off For Escaped King Cobra In Florida
The venomous snake escaped its enclosure after storms damaged the roof of the garage in which it was kept. [...]
Yellow-Bellied Water Snake Gives Birth via Parthenogenesis
The snake succesfully gave birth two a pair 2014. The current offspring did not survive. [...]
Cascade And Columbia Torrent Salamanders May Get Endangered Species Act Protection
The next step is for the USFWS to conduct a full status review of the Cascade and Columbia torrent salamanders. [...]
Tourists Disrupt Sea Turtle Nestings In Costa Rica
Costa Rican Govt. upset that tourists disrupted sea turtle nesting with selfies and other bad behavior. [...]
260-Million-Year-Old Pre-Reptile Walked Upright Like A Cow
Bunostegos akokanensis was about the size of a cow and ate vegetable matter. [...]
