Category: Big Boxes
Monocled Cobra Found Inside Luxury High Rise Euthanized
Police captured the venomous snake with a broom and a pillowcase. [...]
New Frog Species Discovered In India
The frog, Indirana Salelkari is named after state ranger forest officer Prakash Salelkar. [...]
Chiricahua Leopard Frog Habitat Must Be Protected, US Govt. Says
The Chiricahua leopard frog is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN [...]
Federal Lawsuit Targets Police Use Of Burmese Python In Alabama Jail
Inmate Trawick Redding told jail guards he is scared of snakes. [...]
One Species Of Frog Has Morphed Into A Species Complex With 5 Frogs
Odontobatrachus natator is actually five distinct species of frog. [...]
New South African Lizard Species Named After David Attenborough
Platysaurus attenboroughi was discovered in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province [...]
Four-Legged Fossil Snake Stirs The Evolutionary Pot
Tetrapodophis amplectus was discovered a few decades ago but it sat in a private collection out of the way of scientists [...]
San Diego Man Who Wanted Selfie With Rattlesnake Gets Bit with $153,161.25 Hospital Bill
A man in San Diego, Calif. who supposedly wanted to take a selfie with a rattlesnake got more than he bargained for when the rattlesnake bit him. Acco [...]
The Vet Report: Working On Hot Herps
I am frequently asked if I will perform veterinary work on “hot,” or venomous, species. The answer is yes. The “hot stuff” is [...]
English Teen Falls 100 feet Off Cliff, Gets Bit by Adder and Survives
Teenager Brock Leach is surely counting his blessings after falling 100 feet off a cliff and then, on his way back up the cliff, got bit by the only v [...]
Removal of Sandstone Rock for Decorative Purposes Harms Australian Broad-headed Snake
The broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides), an endangered snake in Australia and once common in the suburbs of Bondi, Randwick, and Watsons Ba [...]
Plains Garter Snake Treated For Skin Cancer in Ohio
A plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix) that is part of a breeding program at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has been successfully treated for melano [...]
Veiled Chameleon Tries To Catch Tiny Bubbles
This video showing a veiled chameleon trying to pop bubbles has gone somewhat viral on Twitter. Laura, as her keeper calls her. is perched on her keep [...]
Monocled Cobra Found Dead Near Texas Hardware Store
The monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) that was the subject of an intense snake hunt over the last few days has been found dead, apparently hit [...]
Five Facts About The Monocled Cobra
The monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) is native to South Asia and Southeast Asia. The snake can be found in India, China, Vietnam, and Cambodia, [...]
Texas Police Looking For Monocled Cobra That Apparently Killed Its Keeper
An 18-year-old man in Texas was apparently bitten and killed by a monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia) July 14 and police are looking for the venomous snake [...]
San Francisco Zoo’s Baron’s Racer Found
The Baron’s racer (Philodryas Baroni) snake that “disappeared” from its enclosure July 12 at the San Francisco Zoo’s newly ope [...]
2016 Python Challenge Slated For Florida
In 2013 the state of Florida held a Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) hunt that netted 68 snakes from 1,600 hunters. The event&rsqu [...]
Florida Man Cited For Possessing Two Hatchling Loggerhead Sea Turtles
Hatchling sea turtles are cute and all but trying to keep them in a fish tank is not cool. That is the story coming out of the Florida Fish and W [...]
Restoration Of Yellow-Legged Frog In Yosemite Could Take 10 Years
How many years will it take to restore the populations of the endangered yellow-legged frogs back into the Yosemite Valley? According to National Park [...]
Baron’s Racer Missing From New Exhibit at San Francisco Zoo
The San Francisco Zoo opened a new exhibit over the weekend, the South American Tropical Rainforest Exhibit, but the zoo is missing one of its inhabit [...]
Real Estate Agent Who Sold “Snake Infested” Home Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit
Do you remember the couple who purchased a home in Annapolis, MD only to find more than 12 snakes living in it and later filed a $2 million lawsu [...]
Snake Makes Escape via Telephone Wire
If you happen to go outside and look up, you might expect to see a few birds hanging out on the telephone wire. For residents of a neighborhood in Ang [...]
Tortoise Serves As Therapy Pet At Senior Care Facility
About two years ago, a tortoise was found on the roadside. It has been speculated that he was someone’s pet and was abandoned and that he’ [...]
