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Desert Tortoise: Most Unusual Insurance Claim
A desert tortoise had the most unusual insurance claim in May at Veterinary Pet Insurance. [...]
Comment Period For Snake Ban Extended
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has extended the comment period for the proposed constrictor snake ban. [...]
Turtlekeeper Wins Suit Against Federal Wildlife Authorities
A turtlekeeper was awarded damages in his suit against federal wildlife authorities. [...]
Tortoise Poachers Apprehended In Madagascar
Radiated tortoise poachers were apprehended in Madagascar thanks to a tip from a local citizen. [...]
World’s Longest Snake Dies
Fluffy, the world's longest snake on record, passed away at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. [...]
Pollution May Be Linked To Sea Turtle Disease
A new study links pollution to a tumor-forming disease in green sea turtles. [...]
H.R. 511 Snake Ban
Congressman proposes H.R. 511, a ban on large constrictor snakes. [...]
Cooperative Lizard Living
The first known case of cooperative lizard living reported by Australian researchers. [...]
New Insights Into How Snakes Kill
Physical properties of venom aid its effectiveness. [...]
Snake Venom Pioneer Bill Haast Dead At 100
Haast was first bitten by a venomous snake at 11 years old [...]
Turtles Cause Delays At Kennedy International Airport
The Diamondback Terrapins cross runway to get to breeding grounds [...]
Nine Foot Boa Constrictor Captured By Pig Hunters In Hawaii
A group of hunters out for a 4th of July hunt targeting pigs near O'ahu, Hawaii's Waiawa Correctional Facility in Honolulu captured a boa constrictor [...]
Texas Herper Jeremy Weaver Releases TX Snakes 1.1 For IOS
Snake ID Application Helps in Identifying the Many Snakes of the Lone Star State [...]
Hellbender Salamander Exhibit Opens At Maryland Zoo
Exhibit features two of the rarest of salamanders [...]
Japanese National Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Live Turtles And Tortoises
Man and accomplice smuggled 55 live turtles and tortoises into the United States [...]
Why Some Lizards Can Pull A Wheelie
Why do some lizard species run on two legs, not four? [...]
Four Large Pythons Rescued From Man’s Northern Arizona Home
Animal Planet show calls Phoenix Herpetological Society to persuade owner to part with his sick reptiles [...]
OSU Study Shows Daphnia Magna Eats Chytrid Fungus That Is Killing Frogs Worldwide
The zooplankton eats the zoospore stage of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis [...]
UK Scientist Teaches Tortoise To Yawn, Wins IG Nobel Award
Chelonoidis carbonaria used in study on the spatial, visual and social cognition in tortoises [...]
Venomous Snakes Bite 1.5 Million People In Sub-Saharan Africa, Study Says
More people killed each year by venomous snakes than previously thought [...]
Four Conservation Groups Sue NMFS To Stop Shrimp Trawl Related Sea Turtle Deaths
Groups claim service not doing enough to protect sea turtles [...]
