The Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge is located west of Boynton Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida. [...]
FWS has used emergency rulemaking to apply a 240-day temporary listing for the blue tree monitor (Varanus macraei) as endangered under the Endangered [...]
Fear is a powerful emotion. It stops people in their tracks, but it also moves other people to needlessly kill snakes. [...]
The Ornate cat-eyed snake (Leptodeira ornata) can be found in broad ranging and diverse ecosystems, ranging from rainforests to dry forests and is als [...]
The venom of the yellow-bellied sea snake causes rapid breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue. It is a very slow acting venom that initially causes heada [...]
The Dixonius genus is a genus of Asian geckos called the leaf-toed geckos. [...]
"We assume that they can adapt very quickly and they are resilient and they can make use of anywhere, but what we are really finding is that is not th [...]
The African fat-tailed gecko (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus) is an inconspicuous species of lizard that is small in size, friendly, and hardy when cared f [...]
Current owners can get permits and must register their animals within 90 days of the effective date. [...]
Leptophis mystacinus sp. nov was collected in Brazil. The researchers compared the new species with 1,625 specimens of Leptophis spp. using extracted [...]
The frog, Rhinoderma darwinii, which is also known as the Southern Darwin's frog, was discovered by Charles Darwin during a trip to Chile. [...]
We recommend that geckos are kept in enriched enclosures, ideally with naturalistic features. [...]
The storm caused massive damage to the facility’s infrastructure, and endangered thousands of critically endangered Radiated Tortoises and Spider Tort [...]
“We were happy to give this tortoise a safe place to stay,” Pasadena Humane wrote in a video posted to its social media account. “And even happier to [...]
“Our study reveals that as deserts heat up, diurnal (day-active) lizards face a squeeze—needing more food while having less time to find it." [...]
They determined that the Eastern indigo snake sheds detectable DNA in the soil in which they traverse in less than two minutes, and that DNA is detect [...]
The Broadley’s African house snake (Boaedon broadleyi sp. nov.) is known to exist in four localities in Africa. Boaedon subniger can be found in North [...]
In between the throngs of ball python, leopard and crested gecko vendors were a variety of otherwise overlooked species that definitely caught my eye. [...]
After all, Elon is a stinkpot turtle and when alarmed, lets out a musky stench of a smell, hence the name. [...]
Tiptoe's keeper has opened a GoFundMe to help her family. [...]
