Author: John Virata
GoPro Sea Turtle Footage Of The Great Barrier Reef
The World Wildlife Fund-Australia and GoPro attached a GoPro video camera onto the shell of a green sea turtle in an effort to find out how pollution [...]
Real Estate Agent Who Sold “Snake Infested” Home Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit
Do you remember the couple who purchased a home in Annapolis, MD only to find more than 12 snakes living in it and later filed a $2 million lawsu [...]
Five Loggerhead Turtle Nests Intentionally Destroyed In Florida
If suspects who destroyed the nests are found, fines of up to $100,000 and jail time is possible. [...]
How Did Turtles Get Their Shells?
How did the turtle get its shell? That has been an age old question for decades, but now researchers have discovered the fossilized remains of what th [...]
13 Smuggled Green Tree Pythons Euthanized In Australia
Thirteen green tree pythons that were smuggled into Australia from Indonesia via the Australian Post Office were euthanized after the package the [...]
The Earth Is Headed To A 6th Mass Extinction, Study Says
The remaining animal species on Earth are disappearing at a rate that scientists say is 114 times higher than in the past, and the party responsi [...]
Watch This Treefrog Light Up After It Ate A Firefly
For those of you who’ve seen this its probably not too exciting but for those of us who haven’t, well, it is pretty cool.
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San Diego Zoo’s Galapagos Tortoise, Speed, Dies At 150+Years
One of the oldest Galapagos tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra) in captivity has died. Speed, who was brought to the San Diego Zoo in 1933 was es [...]
Veterinarians In Brazil Remove Calcified Egg From 16-foot Reticulated Python
A pregnant reticulated python (Python reticulatus) that had trouble laying her eggs naturally got an assist from a team of veterinarians in Brazil. Zo [...]
Chris Pratt’s Velociraptor Training Techniques Blow Up In The Socialsphere
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Did Margarita Man Steal A Scene In Jurassic World?
Stop now if you haven't seen Jurassic World. I saw Jurassic World over the weekend. I admit it, I am a fan of the movies. Digital dinosaurs are alway [...]
Painted Turtle’s Shell Reattached With Epoxy And Zip Ties
A painted turtle (Chrysemys picta ssp. and C. dorsalis) that was hit by a car gets a second lease on life as the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center a [...]
Human Spray Paints Rattlesnake Pink In Utah
Someone in Salt Lake City spray-painted a rattlesnake with pink paint near a construction site, in a clear sign of animal cruelty. The snake, which is [...]
7 Pythons Stolen From Akron Ohio Reptile Rescue
The owner of a reptile rescue in Ohio is looking for seven pythons that were stolen from its facility last weekend. Robin Everley, owner of [...]
Dumpy Frog Tries To Eat Carpet Python In Australia
It is usually snakes that eat frogs, but in Australia, the frogs are more aggro than ever. Australian Mark Drescher captured this video of an Australi [...]
Los Angeles Zoo Successfully Hatches Gray’s Monitor Lizard
The Los Angeles Zoo has successfully hatched three gray’s monitor lizards (Varanus olivaceus), a feat that has not been accomplished by the zoo [...]
Tortoise In England Outfitted With Hot Wheels To Aid Walking
A tortoise in Withywood, Bristol, England that had to have one of his hind legs surgically removed because of an accident is back in the saddle as the [...]
Florida Plumber Pulls Green Iguana Out Of Clogged Toilet
A plumber was called out to a house in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. house to unclog a toilet and was shocked when she pulled out a dead green iguana (Iguana [...]
What To Do If A Rattlesnake Bites You
A California mother tried to suck the venom out of her son’s leg after he got bit by a juvenile rattlesnake over the weekend of June 6-7 2015 be [...]
Jurrasic World Can Scientists Create Dinosaurs With Today’s Technology?
When I first saw Jurassic Park, I was fresh out of college, working at a small computer graphics publishing company in Torrance. CA. I wasn’t ex [...]
Hawk With Snake In Its Talons Causes Brush Fire In San Diego, Calif.
This probably never happened before but it is really interesting. A fire in San Diego, Calif. was caused by a hawk who struck a power line, was electr [...]
Coastguardsmen Untangle Two Sea Turtles Caught In Fishing Line Off Central America
Coastguardsmen on the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton out of Alameda, Calif. were on patrol looking for drug runners when they happened upon a pair of sea [...]
Scientists Try To Impregnate Last Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle Known To Exist
Scientists say that the Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) is just a few deaths away from extinction if the only known female in the wo [...]
New Reptile Species Identified In The United Kingdom
A new species of reptile that lived more than 205 million years ago was recently described by an undergraduate student with the University of Bristol [...]
