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PHS To Host August 28 Twighlight Croc Walk
The PHS has the second largest collection of crocodilian species in the United States [...]
Brazilian Scientists Discover World’s First Venomous Frogs
Two Brazilian frog species use spiked lips to deliver toxins to predators. [...]
Mark O'Shea Discovers New Guinea Worm Eating Snake At Harvard University
The snake sat mislabeled at Harvard University for more than 40 years. [...]
Venomous Or Poisonous?
Go to any reptile show or zoo, and I can guarantee you will find herpetoculture’s future generation pointing at a reptile or amphibian on displa [...]
Brazil Wants Possession Of The Four-Legged Snake Fossil
Brazil has launched an investigation to determine if fossil was moved illegally. [...]
Scientists Urge Immediate U.S. Ban On Importation Of Asian Salamanders
Two North American salamander species are susceptible to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans [...]
National Park Service Personnel Remove 18-foot Burmese Python From Everglades National Park
Burmese pythons are an established, invasive species in the Florida Everglades. [...]
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 [...]
Anolis Lizards Have Remained Unchanged for 20 Million Years, Study Says
Anolis lizards have remained unchanged for 20 million years, study says [...]
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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