Author: Site Staff
Wisconsin DNR Proposes Removing Blanding's Turtles From Its Endangered Species List
Agency says Emydoidea blandingii populations are stable, recommends removal from state's endangered species list. [...]
Save The Frogs! Distributes More Than $3,000 In Save The Frogs Day Awards
Save the Frogs Day is April 27 [...]
Study Of Blanding's Turtles On New Hampshire Air Force Base Nears Completion
Study to help military better protect Emydoidea blandingii, an Endangered Species. [...]
Actor Nicolas Cage Gives Up His Asian Water Monitor Due To Busy Schedule
Wildlife Discovery Center in Lake Forest, IL acquires Cage's five year old Varanus salvator. [...]
Indigo Snake Populations Up In Martin County, Fla.
Florida Gulf Coast University study estimates population in hundreds on 60,000 acres of land. [...]
A 42-inch Rattlesnake Found In Backpack At Texas School Bus Stop
Snakes of all types come out with the arrival of warm weather in many parts of the United States. [...]
Video: American Bullfrog’s Attempt To Snatch Dragonfly Off A Branch Ends In An Epic Fail
Event captured in super slow motion video shows American bullfrog make a leaping jump out of the water, missing its prey. [...]
Lolong The Largest Captive Saltwater Crocodile In The World Died From Inadequate Care
Mayor Edwin Elorde of Bunawan Town Philippines Blamed for Lolong's death. [...]
Harlequin Frog Breeding Project Has Some Success In Panama
Panamanian conservation groups have raised nine Atelopus limosus frogs and have hundreds of tadpoles. [...]
New Species Of Skin Feeding Caecilian Discovered And Described
Amphibian looks like an earthworm and its young feeds on the mother's skin. [...]
British Man Buys Stolen Python After Drinking Binge
British authorities arrest man after he tried to sell the python to a local reptile shop. [...]
TCU Unveils New Horned Frog Statue
Texas Christian University mascot, actually a horned lizard, gets a big statue in front of Amon G. Carter Stadium. [...]
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop Snake Robot That Wraps Around Objects
U.S. Army Research Lab funds the use of accelerometers to enable snake robot to wrap around an object on contact. [...]
Texas Woman Douses Snake With Gas And Sets It On Fire, Burns Her House Down
Burning snake crawls under brush pile which ignites and spreads to her home. [...]
Two Wood Lizard Species Discovered In Peru
Lizards were discovered during a herpetological expedition funded by Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. [...]
Slender-Necked Sea Snake Evolved To Hunt Snake Eels
Two species of sea snake that are identical genetically but not physically evolved from a single species. [...]
Puma Releases SNAKE COM.A Sneakers To Celebrate Year Of The Snake
Shoes include a snakeskin-like print on the stripe and snake character on insole. [...]
Breeder’s Choice 2013 – Calico crested gecko
Calico Crested Gecko (Rhacodactylus ciliatus) [...]
Aussie Scientists Attempt To Bring Extinct Frog Back To Life
The gastric brooding frog was declared extinct in 1983. [...]
Texas Plan To Protect Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Never Released To Public, Advocacy Group Says
Center of Biological Diversity to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for not listing Sceloporus arenicolus as endangered. [...]
Maxine Emerges and Spring is Here
The Living Desert's Mojave Maxine Emerged March 2. [...]
Starry Frog Rediscovered in Sri Lankan Rainforest
Long thought extinct, Pseudophilautus stellatus found in Sri Lanka's Peak Wilderness park. [...]
Three American Turtles Added To CITES List Of Protected Species
Trade of Blanding's turtles, spotted turtles and diamondback terrapins are now restricted. [...]
Viviparous Lizards Could Become Extinct Within 50 Years
Global warming cited as reason that may lead to the demise of viviparous lizards that give birth to live young. [...]
