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Federal Lawsuit Targets Police Use Of Burmese Python In Alabama Jail
Inmate Trawick Redding told jail guards he is scared of snakes. [...]
Did You Know That Blind Snakes Decapitate Their Prey?
The blind snake removes the head of termites before it eats them. [...]
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 [...]
Boa Constrictors Restrict Blood Flow To Organs To Kill
The restriction of blood flow to the brain causes the animal to pass out within seconds. [...]
Is Diet Diversity Important To Your Snake?
Several years ago I landed a job as the guy that incubates, hatches, and raises Eastern Indigo snakes (Drymarchon couperi) for a head start and releas [...]
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 [...]
New Fossil Details Heavily Winged Raptor
Scientists in China have announced that a new species of feathered dinosaur discovered by a farmer has wings that are very well preserved, leading the [...]
The Snake Farm And Dusit Zoo In Bangkok, Thailand
Editor's Note: Bangkok, Thailand is home to a huge number of reptiles and has numerous zoos for residents and tourists to see the animals up close [...]
How Did Turtles Get Their Shells?
How did the turtle get its shell? That has been an age old question for decades, but now researchers have discovered the fossilized remains of what th [...]
Palm Pit Vipers Of The Genus Bothriechis
Middle America—the area connecting North and South America that stretches from Mexico through Panama—is a geologically complex region. Cha [...]
13 Smuggled Green Tree Pythons Euthanized In Australia
Thirteen green tree pythons that were smuggled into Australia from Indonesia via the Australian Post Office were euthanized after the package the [...]
The Earth Is Headed To A 6th Mass Extinction, Study Says
The remaining animal species on Earth are disappearing at a rate that scientists say is 114 times higher than in the past, and the party responsi [...]
Chris Pratt’s Velociraptor Training Techniques Blow Up In The Socialsphere
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Did Margarita Man Steal A Scene In Jurassic World?
Stop now if you haven't seen Jurassic World. I saw Jurassic World over the weekend. I admit it, I am a fan of the movies. Digital dinosaurs are alway [...]
Dumpy Frog Tries To Eat Carpet Python In Australia
It is usually snakes that eat frogs, but in Australia, the frogs are more aggro than ever. Australian Mark Drescher captured this video of an Australi [...]
Zilla Donates $25,000 To USARK
Zilla, maker of reptile and amphibian products announced that it donated $25,000 to the United States Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK) at the Ma [...]
Florida Plumber Pulls Green Iguana Out Of Clogged Toilet
A plumber was called out to a house in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. house to unclog a toilet and was shocked when she pulled out a dead green iguana (Iguana [...]
What To Do If A Rattlesnake Bites You
A California mother tried to suck the venom out of her son’s leg after he got bit by a juvenile rattlesnake over the weekend of June 6-7 2015 be [...]
Jurrasic World Can Scientists Create Dinosaurs With Today’s Technology?
When I first saw Jurassic Park, I was fresh out of college, working at a small computer graphics publishing company in Torrance. CA. I wasn’t ex [...]
In Search Of Sardinia’s Herps
In October 2008, while attending the VII Congresso Nazionale/VII National Congress Societas Herpetologica Italica in Oristano, Sardinia, we had the go [...]
New Reptile Species Identified In The United Kingdom
A new species of reptile that lived more than 205 million years ago was recently described by an undergraduate student with the University of Bristol [...]
Maryland Couple Sues over “Snake Infested” House
A Maryland couple is suing the former owner and the real estate agent of a home they bought for failing to disclose that there were snakes living in t [...]
7 New Miniature Poison Frogs Discovered In Brazil’s Cloud Forests
The mountainous forests of Brazil have kicked out seven new frog species that are so small they can foot on the tip of your thumb. The frogs are no lo [...]
