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Indonesian Mother Eaten By 16-Foot Reticulated Python

Indonesian Mother Eaten By 16-Foot Reticulated Python

This marks the fourth time since 2017 that a human was consumed by a python in Indonesia. [...]
Texas Congressman Wants to Nullify ESA Protections For Dunes Sagebrush Lizard

Texas Congressman Wants to Nullify ESA Protections For Dunes Sagebrush Lizard

Plufger two years ago introduced a bill that would give oversight of the species to the oil industry and land owners. It has gone nowhere in the Hous [...]
Aquatic Turtle Tank Water Changes Made Easy

Aquatic Turtle Tank Water Changes Made Easy

With regular maintenance using this step-by-step guide, you can keep your turtles healthy and happy for years to come. [...]
Rarely Seen Massasauga Rattlesnake Captured During Ohio State Snake Survey

Rarely Seen Massasauga Rattlesnake Captured During Ohio State Snake Survey

In addition to its common name, massasauga rattlesnake, the venomous snake is also known as the swamp rattler, swamp massasauga, swamp rattlesnake, an [...]
New Snake Species Discovered In Saudi Arabia

New Snake Species Discovered In Saudi Arabia

The small snake is found in sandy and stony soils with some vegetation as well as areas disturbed and inhabited by humans. [...]
Asian Snakes That Mimics Venomous Vipers Placed In New Family, Psammodynastidae

Asian Snakes That Mimics Venomous Vipers Placed In New Family, Psammodynastidae

Researchers with the University of Helsinki have placed two rear-fanged, mildly venomous mock vipers from Southeast Asia into a new snake family calle [...]
11 Northwestern Pond Turtles Released Into Columbia River Gorge

11 Northwestern Pond Turtles Released Into Columbia River Gorge

The turtles collected from the wild nesting areas are reared at the zoo until they reach about 50 grams. [...]
Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Listed Under Endangered Species Act

Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Listed Under Endangered Species Act

The little lizard has been the subject of a tug of war between the USFWS, environmentalists and the oil and gas industry for several decades. [...]
Review: In Situ Ecosystems Amazonia Classic Terrarium

Review: In Situ Ecosystems Amazonia Classic Terrarium

In just five years, In Situ Ecosystems has built and outfitted terrariums that are designed to enable you to easily create rainforest habitats. [...]
Gammie’s Wolf Snake Rediscovered In China

Gammie’s Wolf Snake Rediscovered In China

The non-venomous snake is of the family Colubridae and was first named Ophites gammiei based on a single specimen collected in India. [...]
Fort Worth Zoo Releases 75 Louisiana Pine Snakes In Louisiana’s Kisatchie National Forest

Fort Worth Zoo Releases 75 Louisiana Pine Snakes In Louisiana’s Kisatchie National Forest

This marks the largest number of snakes released in a single event since the captive breeding program began in 2010. [...]
Auckland Zoo Receives Five Critically Endangered Awakōpaka Skinks

Auckland Zoo Receives Five Critically Endangered Awakōpaka Skinks

The reptile was first discovered in 2014. Its name means skink that ‘lives in the footprints of mighty glaciers.” [...]
Turtle’s Minor League Debut Short Lived As It Is Ejected From Field

Turtle’s Minor League Debut Short Lived As It Is Ejected From Field

At any rate, the turtle or tortoise was pretty speedy for a chelonian and made it off the field safely. [...]
Video Of Arizona Woman Removing Gopher Snake At Wedding Goes Viral

Video Of Arizona Woman Removing Gopher Snake At Wedding Goes Viral

The video was recorded by Sandra Leos, the snake wrangler’s older sister, and then posted to TikTok, where it received more than 1.1 million views in [...]
Arizona Gopher Snake Hitches Ride On Woman’s Car

Arizona Gopher Snake Hitches Ride On Woman’s Car

Waldovogel got off at the next exit and drove to their destination and let the snake just crawl off the car on its own [...]
Zoo Med 18 x 18 x 24-inch Naturalistic Terrarium Review

Zoo Med 18 x 18 x 24-inch Naturalistic Terrarium Review

This review chronicles a continuing effort to rehouse the animals under my care to updated enclosure designs. The overall process has been going well [...]
Nonprofit Petco Love Gives $35,000 Grant to J&R Aquatic Animal Rescue

Nonprofit Petco Love Gives $35,000 Grant to J&R Aquatic Animal Rescue

The grant will enable J&R Aquatic Animal Rescue to acquire a vehicle the rescue will use during its Exotic Pet Surrender events. [...]
41 Eastern Indigo Snakes Released Into Florida’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve

41 Eastern Indigo Snakes Released Into Florida’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve

These snakes were captive bred and hatched at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens’ Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation. [...]

Miss Universe Philippines Contestant Tamara Ocier Wears Stunning Tacloban Monitor Lizard Costume

The National Costume Theme had contestants donning a wide array of costumes that are designed to highlight the country’s biodiversity [...]
Venomous Snakes Seized During Arizona Raid Positive for Snake Fungal Disease, Are Euthanized

Venomous Snakes Seized During Arizona Raid Positive for Snake Fungal Disease, Are Euthanized

The investigation found that while some of the reptiles were legal to possess, others, such as the Gila monsters (Heloderma suspectum), are illegal to [...]
Queen Snake Found In New Jersey After 50 Years Without a Sighting

Queen Snake Found In New Jersey After 50 Years Without a Sighting

Dragon initially was alerted by a friend who first found one in a 2021 that he had spotted a queen snake in his basement. [...]
4 Great Pet Turtles

4 Great Pet Turtles

With constant, quality care and dedication, your turtle can easily live more than 30 years. [...]
Luxury Handbag Company Founder Sentenced to 18 Months For Smuggling Python/Caiman Skin Bags

Luxury Handbag Company Founder Sentenced to 18 Months For Smuggling Python/Caiman Skin Bags

The founder was found guilty of illegally importing handbags and other merchandise that were made from the skins of protected pythons and caimans, acc [...]
Largest Fossil Snake Ever Named After Lord Shiva’s Mythical Snake

Largest Fossil Snake Ever Named After Lord Shiva’s Mythical Snake

The snake fossil, Vasuki indicus gen. et sp. nov. is named after the Hindu mythical snake Vāsuki that was always found around the neck of Lord Shiva. [...]
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