Category: Big Boxes
California Kingsnakes Slide On Lubricated Fat Cells To Move About Smoothly
Initial findings show the California kingsnake sliding on lubed up belly scales. [...]
Ball Python Missing 3 Months In Maine Found
Mr. Smithers went missing from a home in Orrington. [...]
Cleopatra Didn’t Die From A Cobra Bite, Researchers Say
The death of Cleopatra and two of her servants were attributed to bites from an Egyptian cobra. [...]
Philippine Authorities Arrest 3 For Possessing Threatened Turtles
The suspects allegedly had Palawan forest turtles, Asian leaf turtles and Southeast Asian box turtles in their possession. [...]
Panther Chameleon Thief Wanted In Missouri
Do you recognize any of these people? [...]
Tortoise Appearance On Walking Dead
The hapless tortoise walks into the path of Enid [...]
Herper Loses His Pet Snake On Philly Bus
When you bring your snake onto public transportation, don’t forget to secure it so it doesn’t escape your possession. A man in Philadelphi [...]
Russians Sentenced To 15 Months In Singapore Prison For Smuggling Endangered Pond Turtles
27 of the 206 pond turtles have since died. [...]
Northern Water Snake Grabs A Catfish Dinner
Nerodia sipedon are fish eaters often mistaken for water moccasins [...]
Can You Keep A Radiated Tortoise With A Malagasy Tree Boa? No, You Can't
The Memphis Zoo tried to create a mixed species environment. [...]
Critically Endangered Puerto Rican Crested Toad Toadlets Slated for October 22 Release
The toads were thought to have gone extinct in the 1920s. [...]
New Leopard Frog Species Discovered In Virginia
The Atlantic Coast leopard frog is quite different from the Southern leopard frog. [...]
New Frog Species Of The Genus Bryophryne Discovered In Peru
A new frog species was discovered in Cusco, Peru near the converging point of the Andes and Amazonian slopes between 3,605 and 3,651 meters above sea [...]
Airplane Repo Star’s King Cobra Found Alive
The 8-foot king cobra escaped after a storm damaged its enclosure. [...]
How Do You Collect Sea Turtle Poop? You Build a Giant “Nappy”
Australian researchers built a device out of a sun shirt, some velcro and a custom poop collector to collect poop samples. [...]
Reticulated Python Bites Owner Of Captive Born Reptiles
Three officers helped to remove the python from the owner. [...]
Check Out This Albino Sea Turtle Hatchling Video
A sea turtle monitor who was excavating a nest on Florida’s Highland Beach found this albino sea turtle hatchling. Now sea turtle hatchlings are [...]
Researchers Discover Hermaphroditic Frog In New Guinea
The frogs, Cophixalus rajampatensis and Cophixalus salawatiensis have slender bodies less than 23mm in length. [...]
South Carolina Utility Crew Accidentally Runs Over Boa Constrictor
The snake was probably someone's pet that got loose. [...]
Horned Frogs Have Tongues That Are Strong Like Adhesive Tape
The horned frog's super sticky tongue helps it to subdue large prey items. [...]
USFWS Proposes Protections For Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake populations have declined due to wetlands draining and disease. [...]
Mealworms Can Eat Styrofoam With No Apparent Ill Effects
The researchers fed a strict diet of styrofoam to mealworms from birth to adulthood. [...]
Chinese Hold a Food Festival With An Endangered Species As The Main Course
Chinese giant salamanders are protected but farmed salamanders are what government officials claim are used for human consumption. [...]
Florida Woman Looking For Flea Market Bargains Finds An 8-Foot Burmese Python
A Burmese python was found amongst some clothing at a flea market in Florida. [...]
