Author: John Virata
Certain Mosquito Repellents Are Lethal To Larval Salamanders
When exposed to picaridin in environmentally relevant concentrations, larval salamanders had a high mortality rate. [...]
Florida Hunter Captures Record Setting 17.5 foot Burmese Python
The python elimination program has eliminated 1,859 invasive Burmese pythons in just two years. [...]
Four People In Florida Bitten By Coral Snakes
The folks picked up the coral snakes and were then bitten. [...]
Snake Missing Six Months Reunited With Keeper
The boa constrictor hitched a ride to a Texas Goodwill in a sofa. [...]
Aquarium Urges NOAA To Count Leatherback Turtle Deaths When Considering Endangered Status
The leatherback turtle is the largest of all turtles in the sea or on land. [...]
Two New Frog Species Discovered In Vietnam
The newly discovered Vietnamese frogs live in a cold climate more than 3,000 meters above sea level. [...]
Snake Road In Illinois To Remain Closed Another Week
The U.S. Forest Service began restricting vehicles on the road more than 40 years ago [...]
Thousands Of Radiated Tortoises Seized On Madagascar
The tortoises are in the care of the Turtle Survival Alliance. [...]
Instagram Fan Of Sulcata Tortoise Offers $500 Reward For Her Return
Ethel went missing last week after she wandered through an open front gate. [...]
Olympic Gold Medalist David Verburg Rescues Tortoise From Road
Olympic gold medalist David Verburg stops and helps turtles and tortoises off the road whenever he sees them. [...]
Baw Baw Frog Successfully Bred For First Time Ever At Australia’s Melbourne Zoo
It is estimated that less than 1,000 Baw Baw frogs remain in the wild.
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Aussie Couple Donates $100,000 To Help Save Southern Bell Frog
A couple in Australia have donated $AUS 100,000 to help boost the southern bell frog (Litoria raniformis) population in the country's Lower Murray [...]
Wood Frog Behavior Changed By Agricultural Insecticides
Wood frogs that were exposed to neonicotinoids moved less than those that hadn't been exposed. [...]
Two Non-Native Tortoises Found In Utah Desert Reserve
Folks who no longer can care for a sulcata tortoise, or any animal, should turn them into a rescue. They should never be released into the wild. [...]
Arkansas To Study Potential Restrictions On Turtle Harvesting
Currently turtle trappers in Arkansas can take an unlimited number of 14 turtle species in the state.
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Aussie Wins Life Scientist Of The Year Prize For Work On Saving Frog Species
Berger wrote a doctoral thesis on chytrid fungus more than 20 years ago that has since been cited more than 1,800 times by scientists. [...]
Two-Headed Copperhead Snake To Be Displayed At Kentucky Wildlife Center
The baby venomous snake was donated to the center by a couple who found it in their yard. [...]
Panamanian Frogs Surviving Despite Chytrid Fungus Infection
Frogs in Panama adapting and surviving chytrid fungus infection. [...]
5 Earless Monitor Lizards Hatched At Prague Zoo
Earless monitor lizards are native to Borneo. [...]
Twitter Co-Founder’s Tortoise Found After Missing 5 Months
Roshi has been in Biz Stone's care for more than 15 years. [...]
Nearly 300 Sea Turtle Hatchlings In Florida Rescued From Hurricane Leslie
These green and loggerhead sea turtles wait out the stormy weather at the Brevard Zoo. [...]
Cape Cobras Eat Their Own Kind, But Only Males
Researchers have found that male Cape cobras eat male Cape cobras. They have not yet documented a male eating a female. [...]
Injured Sea Turtle Found With Large Eel In Its Body Cavity
A goldspotted eel was removed from a sea turtle that was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard. [...]
Injured Eastern Box Turtle Outfitted With Legos To Help Him Move About
The Legos were fashioned into a wheelchair to help him move about until he is healed enough to be released. [...]
