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Australia's Armoured Mist Frog Range Expanded
Scientists move 40 Litoria lorica to new location four kilometers from only known area in which the frogs can be found. [...]
Remembering Kevin Wright, DVM (1963-2013)
Wright wrote more than 300 articles on exotic animal care and husbandry during a 25 year span as a veterinarian. [...]
Motorist Runs Over 5ft. Boa Constrictor On Oahu's Pali Highway In Hawaii
There are no native land snakes in Hawaii and keeping them is illegal. [...]
New CITES Herp Listings Effective June 12, 2013
What do the new listings mean to herp owners? [...]
U.S. Bans Importation And Transportation Of Burmese Pythons, Three Other Snakes
Northern and southern African rock pythons, and the yellow anaconda to be banned, others considered. [...]
Mandarin Rat Snake Grounds Qantas 747 In Sydney Australia
Elaphe mandarina was found after the jet landed from a Singapore flight. [...]
New York Animal Control Officer Charged With Running Snake Breeding Business Out Of His Home
Man also cited for keeping two Burmese pythons, which are illegal to keep in Shirley, NY. [...]
San Diego Zoo Institute Hatches Jamaican Iguana
Cyclura collei is the first successful hatching of the species at the institute. [...]
San Francisco Bay Area Residents Beware Of Snake Scam Burglar
Several Bay area homes burglarized by snakes of the human kind. [...]
250 Groups Urge EPA To Ban Atrazine Pesticide
Pesticide is found in 75 percent of stream water and 40 percent of all groundwater tested in a study. [...]
Las Vegas Area Desert Tortoise Conservation Center To Close
Petition launched on MoveOn.org to stop a federal plan to euthanize remaining tortoises. [...]
California Reptile, Fish Fans Urged To Back Swap Meet Bill
PIJAC asking Californians to support Assembly Bill 339 [...]
Python Suspected In Deaths Of Two Boys
Snake was housed in enclosure where children were visiting friends. [...]
FDA Amends 1975-era Turtle Ban Law
U.S. Food and Drug Administration will no longer destroy viable turtle eggs and small turtles. [...]
Zoo Atlanta’s Komodo Dragon, Slasher Dies At 20
Reptile was euthanized due to age-related complications. [...]
Komodo Dragon Attacks Park Employees At Komodo National Park
Employees both bitten in leg by Varanus komodoensis. [...]
Snakebite Treatment In A Nasal Spray? It Could Happen
UC San Francisco medical doctor researching portable neostigmine nasal spray for snakebites. [...]
New Gecko Species From Vietnam Discovered
Cyrtodactylus kingsadai is the 25th species discovered in the Southeast Asian nation since 1997. [...]
The Ultimate Ambassador For Reptile Conservation
Meet Baru, the giant saltwater crocodile now on view at the Toledo Zoo. [...]
USARK Working Hard In D.C.
President Phil Goss meets with House and Senate congressional members to express opposition to USFWS efforts on Lacey Act [...]
Kennedy Brothers Rescue Leatherback Sea Turtle, Get Investigated By NOAA
The leatherback sea turtle rescue was in violation of the Endangered Species Act. [...]
Utah Gets Federal Aid To Protect Desert Tortoise
Gopherus agassizii also gets 1,245 acres for habitat. [...]
Mexican Scientists Discover 23-Million-Year-Old Lizard Preserved In Amber
The lizard is believed to be from the genus Anolis and is a complete animal. [...]
FWS Seeks NEPA Exclusion
The Obama Administration has repeatedly made a bias of compliance with the environmental impact review requirements when it serves their purposes ( [...]
