Why Enclosure Design Matters
Enrichment is an extremely important aspect of reptile welfare that can reduce stress-related behaviors. [...]
Creating Microhabitats For Frogs
Amphibian enthusiasts who have cleared the first few hurdles of the hobby, who are comfortable with the ins and outs of general husbandry, are ready [...]
How To Build A Bioactive Enclosure For Your Crested Gecko
A more natural approach to keeping America’s favorite pet gecko. [...]
Ideal Heating For Your Reptiles
Heat for reptiles isn’t just for comfort — it’s for survival. [...]
Universal Snake Bite Antivenin Testing Begins
The antivenin is currently in pill form, which would make the potential lifesaver available rapidly all over the world. [...]
Bearded Dragon Brain Mapped By University of Illinois Researchers
The bearded dragon is the most common lizard species treated by exotic veterinarians. [...]
Illinois 7th Grader Gets Eastern Milksnake Designated Official Snake Of State
The eastern milksnake is found in much of Illinois and makes its home in fields, woodlands, rocky hills and river bottoms. [...]
215 Pound Burmese Python Removed From Florida Everglades
Since the launch of the conservancy’s python program in 2013, more than 1,000 pythons weighing more than 26,000 pounds have been removed from 100 squa [...]
Amphibian Chytrid Fungus – Information And Links
Supplement to the May 2008 REPTILES magazine article "Under Fire." [...]
Genes In Frogs Responsible For Fighting Off Chytrid Infection May Be Killing Them, Study Says
The genes in frogs that are used by the amphibians' immune system to fight off Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), the deadly fungus that causes chyt [...]
First Case Of Snake Fungal Disease Confirmed In California
The California kingsnake infected with snake fungal disease was euthanized. [...]
Two Juvenile Green Sea Turtles In Florida Receive Electrochemotherapy Treatment For Fibropapillomatosis
The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Fla. and veterinarians with the University of Florida have successfully performed electrochemotherapy on a pair of ju [...]
4 Tips for Choosing the Best Food for Your Pet
Knowledge is the key when it comes to choosing food for your pet. [...]
Bearded Dragon Not Eating
Why would our beardies suddenly stop eating? [...]
Can A Retic With Inclusion Body Disease Still Strike?
Inclusion body disease is known to strike pythons and boas. [...]
The Vet Report: Salmonella In Reptiles
In the 1970s, red-eared sliders were so popular in the pet trade that they were actually raised in human sewage ponds —hence the source of the Salmone [...]