Author: John Virata
Galápagos Tortoise Breeds In The Wild For First Time In More Than 100 Years
The Duncan Island giant tortoise is one of the smallest of the Galápagos tortoises. [...]
Artificial Intelligence To ID Reptiles And Amphibians? Why Yes!
Fitch is in need of help in editing background noise out of photographs so it can more accurately identify the herps in the photos. [...]
New Species Of Night Frog Discovered In India’s Western Ghats
Nyctibatrachus mewasinghi, or Mewa Singh’s night frog, is a light brown in coloration and its belly is off white. [...]
IUCN And Vietnamese Govt. Lauch Sea Turtle Conservation Project
Quang Ngai beaches on Ly Son Island have been breeding grounds in the past for green sea turtles), hawksbill turtles, and leatherback turtles. [...]
Tortoise Who Almost Died After He Was Hit By Car Doing Much Better
Spike was ran over by a car in June 2016. He has since healed and can walk more than three hours a day. [...]
Could The Arroyo Toad Block Trump’s Border Wall?
There are an estimated 3,000 Arroyo toad's of breeding age left in the wild. [...]
Monitor Lizards Now No. 1 Predator Of Loggerhead Turtle Eggs On Second Most Popular Nesting Beach In Australia
Researchers are unsure how the large lizards discover the nests, which are on the second most popular nesting beach for loggerhead turtles. [...]
PETA Asks Florida FWC To Investigate How Burmese Python Was Killed During Python Elimination Program
The activist group wants to know if the record-setting python was killed humanely. [...]
Research Shows Hatchling Sea Turtles Are Proficient In Energy Conservation
Researchers had expected the disoriented turtles to expend more energy than those collected from the nests, but found that the hatchlings were very pr [...]
New Turtle Species Described In Alabama
The intermediate musk turtle sits morphologically between the stripe neck musk turtle and the loggerhead musk turtle. [...]
New Frog Species Discovered In India
Odorrana arunachalensis can be seen during the wet season and is adapted for a life in fast moving waters. [...]
Snake Fungal Disease Could Spread Globally, Report Says
Snake fungal disease can kill snakes within a few days. [...]
Four New Stegonotus New Guinea Ground Snakes Discovered And Described
Researchers studied the molecular and genetic data of 49 snakes of the Stegonotus genus and discovered four new snake species. [...]
Researchers Discover Snail-Eating Turtle Species In Thai Food Market
Malayemys isan, a species new to science, was discovered in a Thai fish market. [...]
Sea Turtle Entangled In $53 Million Floating Cocaine Bales Saved By U.S. Coast Guard
This sea turtle was entangled in bales of cocaine. It was freed by the U.S. Coast Guard. [...]
Vietnamese Crocodile Lizard Discovered In 2003 Finally Confirmed As Separate Subspecies
It is estimated that less than 200 Vietnamese crocodile lizards remain in the wild. [...]
Endangered Asian Giant Softshell Turtle Nest Found In Cambodia
The Asian giant softshell turtle is currently listed as endangered by the IUCN as it has largely disappeared in much of its natural range. [...]
Arizona Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Gila Monsters in South Carolina
Benson must serve five years probation and pay nearly $5,000 in fines—$2,225 restitution to the Lacey Act Reward Account and $2,500 to the Arizona Gam [...]
Florida Hires Iguana Trapper To Control The Green Iguana
The green iguana is an invasive species in Florida, first appearing in the state in the 1960s. [...]
Snapping Turtle At Southern Vermont Natural History Museum In Need Of Bigger Enclosure
A GoFundMe has been launched for Basil the snapping turtle. [...]
More Than 6,000 Indian Star Tortoises Seized From Wildlife Traffickers in 2017
Even though Indian star tortoises are widely captive bred for the pet trade, wild caught specimens are still illegally collected. [...]
Spotted Turtle At Risk Of Disappearing In Rhode Island
A three year study turned up just 50 spotted turtles out of 2,000 turtles caught. [...]
Calabar Burrowing Python Has Thickest Skin Of Any Snake Species
The small python feeds on baby rodents and its skin may have evolved to resist bites from angry mothers. [...]
Texas Tortoise From Houston Makes Its Way To Abilene
A Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist needed to rehome a Texas tortoise and was successful in doing so. [...]
