Author: John Virata

Bindi Irwin Honors Her Dad Steve With The Best Performance On Dancing With The Stars
Bindi danced to Elton John's Crocodile Rock and awed the judges. [...]

Video Shows How Glass Frog Expels Wasps Off Its Egg Clutch
The little ninja frog has an effective way of ridding his nest of wasps [...]

Spider-tailed Horned Viper Uses Spider-Like Tail To Capture Birds
The spider-tailed horned viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides) is unique among snakes in that it has a tail that mimics a spider to attract its prey, p [...]

Snake Infested Maryland House Lawsuit Postponed
Judge has not recused himself but may do so. [...]
New Venomous Snake Species Discovered In Australia
The snake, of the genus Acanthophis, is a death adder. [...]

Two Non-Native Chinese Soft-Shelled Turtles Spotted South of Boston
The species is nearly extinct in the wild, but is mass farmed for the food industry in China. [...]

The Creatives Who Cut The Lincoln MKX Commercial Must Love Beardies
A bearded dragon makes cameo in Matthew McConaughey's Lincoln poker run. [...]

Indian Farmer Survives Bite On His Penis From Levantine Viper
Also known as the blunt-nosed viper, the Levantine viper can grow to more than six feet in length. [...]

The World’s Fastest Tortoise? He Sprints At 0.28 Meters Per Second
Bertie smashed the previous record that stood for nearly 40 years. [...]

Antivenin For Black Mamba, Other African Venomous Snakes Set To Run Out In 2016
The antivenin Fav-Afrique is proven to counteract snakebites from the venomous snakes in sub-Saharan Africa [...]

Ball Python Captured In Hawaii Garage
There are no native snakes in Hawaii and it is illegal to keep them as pets. [...]
The Oldest Sea Turtle Fossil Is 25 Million Years Older Than Previous Fossil
Desmatochelys padillai is 120 million-years-old. [...]

Female Green Frogs Outnumber Males In Suburban Connecticut Ponds
Estrogenic wastes are altering the sexuality of green frogs [...]
Shell-less Eunotosaurus africanus Is Oldest Known Turtle To Date
Eunotosaurus africanus roamed the earth 260 million years ago during the Permian Period [...]

6 Facts About The King Cobra
The king cobra is the longest venomous snake in the world. [...]

King Cobra Escapes Its Handler In Florida
Media says reality TV star reported the cobra missing the day after it escaped. [...]
Man Causes Python To Regurgitate 5 Birds
Nobody was guarding the hen house. [...]

Python Gets Honorable Mention in They Ate What? Vet Radiograph Contest
Veterinary Practice News hosts an X-Ray contest every year whereby veterinarians send in their most “eye popping” radiographs f [...]
Do You Want To Name An Injured Sea Turtle?
Do you want to help name a sea turtle that has been recuperating from its injuries at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center? A Kemp’s Ridley sea tu [...]
Two Critically Endangered Louisiana Pine Snakes Hatched At Florida Zoo
Louisiana pine snakes have very small clutches, usually around three to five eggs per clutch. [...]
Sea Snake And Venomous Stonefish In Epic Jaw Lock Battle In Australia
Both the sea snake and the stonefish were essentially in a stalemate when a local diver tried to separate the two. [...]

Snoop Dogg The Next Jeff Corwin? Maybe Not
Snoop hosting an animal show like a boss. [...]

Tennessee Aquarium Hatches 5 Endangered Beal’s-eyed Turtles
Beal’s-eyed turtles in the wild have declined rapidly in the last 15 years. [...]
Uromastyx Lizard That Roamed The Earth 80 Million Years Ago Discovered in Brazil
Gueragama sulamericana lived in arid to desert environment during Late Cretaceous period [...]