Category: News RSS Feed
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 [...]
Georgia Sea Turtle Center Releases Rehabilitated Sea Turtles
Three sea turtles with various maladies fixed up and released [...]
Copperhead Snake Reproduces Via Parthenogenesis
Agkistrodon contortrix collected in 1998 and kept in isolation gives birth three years later [...]
Exo Terra Donation Enables PHS to Build Venom Room
Tours of venom room to begin week of Thanksgiving, Nov. 19-26, 2011 [...]
Burmese Python Study May Lead To Potential Heart Disease Cures
Python molurus bivittatus produces fatty acids that would damage a human heart, but one day may cure human heart disease [...]
Justin Bieber Auctions His Pet Boa Constrictor
The auction of Johnson will benefit Pencils of Promise and closes Nov. 29. [...]
NYC's Most Famous Iguana Dies At 19
Elizabeth the Iguana was equally at ease with children as well as celebrities and politicians. [...]
Wisconsin DNR Proposes To Remove Butler's Garter Snake From List Of Endangered And Threatened Species
Thamnophis butleri was listed as threatened in 1997. [...]
USARK Urges Herpers In Ohio To Say No To House Bill 352
Bill would ban all exotic animals, including constricting snakes, venomous snakes and crocodilians. [...]
Memphis Zoo Welcomes Baby Komodo Dragon
Hatched in October, the baby lizard weighed just 99 grams at birth. [...]
California Upholds Ban On Importation Of Nonnative Frogs And Turtles For Food
California upholds ban on the importation of nonnative frogs and turtles for use as food. [...]
Mice Direct Recalls Frozen Feeders
Mice Direct recalls its frozen feeder animals for reptiles. [...]
Frog Evolution Sheds Light On Tectonic Events
Spiny frog evolution sheds light on sequence of tectonic events in Himalayan region and Southeast Asia. [...]
PIJAC Launches Website To Reduce Chytrid
PIJAC launches the website for its Bd-Free Phibs campaign, which aims to raise awareness of and reduce the spread of the deadly chytrid fungus. [...]
Bd Amphibian Notice Of Inquiry
USFWS may list all amphibians as injurious wildlife unless they can be proven to be "Bd free." [...]
How Snakes Climb
A new study examines how snakes are able to climb vertical surfaces. [...]
Frog Sterility And Human Medicine
Medicinal hormones in water threaten frog breeding and survival. [...]
Spotted Salamander Algae Symbiosis
Algae within the cells of spotted salamander embryos. [...]
Petfinder.com’s Birthday Wish: Find Homes For 15,000 Pets
Petfinder.com, an online database of adoptable pets, is celebrating its 15th anniversary [...]
