Category: Big Boxes
Two Map Turtle Species Need Protections
The Pascagoula and Pearl River map turtles were petitioned by the Center for protection in 2010. [...]
Conservation Efforts Help Giant South American Turtle Population Increase
The South American Giant River Turtle has benefited from local beach protections on the Amazon River. [...]
Magnetoreception In Turtles And Tortoises
Even animals with small brain to body ratios, such as chelonians, possess remarkable abilities that are still being understood [...]
Escaped Asian Water Monitor Captured After 3 Months On The Lam
Bamboo was captured after a homeowner spotted green iguanas running all over the street. [...]
Frogs In England Stuck In Storm Drains Get Help From Team WART
Frogs and toads trapped in drains in England are helped out by frog ladders placed in the drains. [...]
Florida FWC Hatch Pine Snakes From Discovered Nests
Biologists with the Florida FWC Commission successfully hatched several Florida pine snakes from two separate clutches found in the wild. [...]
Japanese Giant Salamanders Breed For First Time Outside Japan
The laying and fertilizing of Japanese giant salamander eggs in Hawaii is a first outside of Japan. [...]
490 Indian Star Tortoises Seized In India
Even though Indian star tortoises are widely captive bred for the pet trade, wild caught specimens are still illegally collected. [...]
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. [...]
What Is The Rarest Color In Reptiles?
Blue is not a pigment in herps. [...]
Phrynosoma asio: A Horned Lizard That Eats More Than Ants
Keeping horned lizards is difficult because most are ant eaters. Phrynosoma asio apparently eats other insects as well. [...]
Four People In Florida Bitten By Coral Snakes
The folks picked up the coral snakes and were then bitten. [...]
Caring For The Green Iguana
Despite setbacks, the Lizard King’s popularity endures. [...]
Snake Missing Six Months Reunited With Keeper
The boa constrictor hitched a ride to a Texas Goodwill in a sofa. [...]
Salamander Diversity Of The United States
The United States has the highest salamander diversity in the world [...]
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. [...]
False Water Cobra Captive Care And Breeding
Hydrodynastes gigas are cobras in name only. [...]
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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