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New Species Of Palm Pit Viper From Honduras Discovered And Described
Bothriechis guifarroi was named after slain Honduran environmentalist Mario Guifarro. [...]
Rapid City, SD Reptile Gardens Hosts Mother's Day With 12-Foot Edible Burmese Python Snake Cake
Area restaurant and bakery Dakota Thyme Builds a 12-foot, 70 pound Burmese python snake cake [...]
Researchers Have Mapped The Family Tree Of All Known Snake And Lizard Groups
More than 4,000 lizard and snake species mapped using DNA sequencing. [...]
Utah Snake Hobbyist Told To Get Rid Of 28 Of 29 Boa Constrictors
Cottonwood Heights limits snake ownership to just one. [...]
Argentine Tegus On The Loose In Florida Town
Former resident of Panama City apparently released them into the wild and skipped town. [...]
Two High Sierra Amphibians Proposed For Endangered Species Act Protections
Animals have been decimated by livestock grazing, habitat destruction, invasive species, and disease. [...]
Mutant Rain Frog Found In Man’s Garden In Shunan, Japan
Hyla japonica, normally green in color is bright blue. [...]
Reward Offered For Information On Connecticut Library Snake Killer
Peaches was killed in March after someone poured cleaning solvent in her enclosure. [...]
Library Visitor Kills Shelton Connecticut Library’s Pet Snake
Peaches died five days after someone poured cleaning solvent in snake's enclosure. [...]
New Species Of Lizard Of The Family Agamidae Discovered In Somalia
Findings published in the Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research [...]
Actor Nicolas Cage Gives Up His Asian Water Monitor Due To Busy Schedule
Wildlife Discovery Center in Lake Forest, IL acquires Cage's five year old Varanus salvator. [...]
Lolong The Largest Captive Saltwater Crocodile In The World Died From Inadequate Care
Mayor Edwin Elorde of Bunawan Town Philippines Blamed for Lolong's death. [...]
New Species Of Skin Feeding Caecilian Discovered And Described
Amphibian looks like an earthworm and its young feeds on the mother's skin. [...]
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop Snake Robot That Wraps Around Objects
U.S. Army Research Lab funds the use of accelerometers to enable snake robot to wrap around an object on contact. [...]
Texas Woman Douses Snake With Gas And Sets It On Fire, Burns Her House Down
Burning snake crawls under brush pile which ignites and spreads to her home. [...]
Puma Releases SNAKE COM.A Sneakers To Celebrate Year Of The Snake
Shoes include a snakeskin-like print on the stripe and snake character on insole. [...]
Live Turtle Trinkets Sold In China
Baby turtles are sealed in plastic bag and sold as trinkets in China. [...]
Gucci Fashion Execs Attend CITES Conference To Drum Up Support For Python Skin Tracking
Gucci is working on a system to track python skins from "marsh to market." [...]
Three American Turtles Added To CITES List Of Protected Species
Trade of Blanding's turtles, spotted turtles and diamondback terrapins are now restricted. [...]
Rocker Alice Cooper To Help Out Swiss Reptile Zoo
Vivarium de Lausanne needs 250,000 Francs by the end of March to stay open. [...]
Madagascar Big-Eyed Snake And Chameleon Encounter Turns Deadly
Video captured of Mimophis mahfalensis eating a chameleon in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park. [...]
Lolong, The Largest Saltwater Crocodile In Captivity Dies
The 20-foot 2,370 pound Crocodylus porosus died in its enclosure in the southern Philippines. [...]
Loggerhead Sea Turtle In Japan Fitted With Artificial Limbs
Turtle fitted with new limbs at Japan's Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe. [...]
Check Your Local Zoos For Year Of The Snake Celebrations
Zoos across America will be celebrating Chinese New Year. [...]
