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The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) has honored biologist Maureen Donnelly with the Henry S. Fitch Award for Excellence in Her...

Nile crocodile is uniquely sensitive to the wails of distressed primate babies, according to a new study—and the more anxious the cry, the more interested ...

Researchers have discovered that female Taricha newts possess significantly higher levels of tetrodotoxin, a potent neurotoxin, than their male counterpart...

Germany's reptile of the year for 2024 is the common European adder (Vipera berus), scientists said in a press release.The German Association for Herpetolo...

Australian researchers are well on their way to saving more than one million turtles through the creation of an app TurtleSAT which collects data from citi...

The campaign, called "Adoptaxolotl," asks people for as little as 600 pesos (about $35) to virtually adopt an axolotl—one of the tiny "water monsters." Vir...

More than 3,000 yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) hatchlings were released into the local environment of San Jose de Lupuna, Peru. The Amazon ...

The Future Leaders of Amphibian Conservation Program aims to support those who wish to conduct or continue initiatives that directly or indirectly impact t...

According to Animal Diversity Web, earless monitor lizards' unusual appearance led scientists to think they were a missing link between snakes and lizards,...

The Lyon’s grassland striped skink, a reptile that is so elusive that it hasn’t been seen in 40 years, has been found in Queensland."The grassland striped ...

Three regions of Panama have been included among the Threatened Amphibian Landscapes (TALs) by the Second Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA-2) recently conduc...

The Loggerhead Marine Life Center in Juno Beach, FL announced a record 25,025 nests for the year 2023. The center counted 216 leatherback turtle (Dermochel...

Researchers Gernot Vogel (University of Heidelberg), Tan Van Nguyen (Duy Tan University, Vietnam) and Patrick David (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle) hav...

The tabletop mountains "tepui" in Venezuela are sheltered, otherworldly ecosystems. Standing up to 3,000 metres (10,000ft) high and cut off from the rest o...

Join NHI for a virtual event with internationally-renowned herpetologist Dr. Harry Greene which will explore the role of natural history in finding our path f...

The Günther’s gecko (Phelsuma guentheri) is one of the largest geckos, reaching about25 cm in length. After the first men set foot on Mauritius, the Günthe...

An international team led by Dr. Daniel Schwarz and Prof. Dr. Rainer Schoch of the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Germany, studi...

Thanks to recently collected samples, new "rock-climbers" gecko was described and named after its preferred habitat, the boulders surrounded by the last re...

Legless amphibians (Caecilians) are the first amphibians known to pass on their microbiomes to their offspring. When born, baby legless amphibians...

On September 20th, 2023, the very first two Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoia) hatched at the Turtle Conservancy. Turtle Conservancy ...

Matt Goetz, Durrell’s curator of herpetology and invertebrates is definitely the sort of person who prefers to eschew trends and forge his own...

The Yarrow’s spiny lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii) is facing a greater threat of extinction due to climate change. As researchers show that half of th...

Male Eastern hellbender normally tends their young, but lately they’ve been devouring them instead. Eastern hellbenders once swam in at least 570 s...

The scientists’ study, published this week in the journal Animal Behaviour, may help conservationists protect the critically endangered Central American ri...

The Gans’ egg-eating snake (Dasypeltis gansi), a non-venomous colubrid native to West Africa. This is a small snake, with females reaching about 40 inches ...

How to Choose a Thermostat for Reptile Enclosure? Undoubtedly, it’s important to make sure your enclosure is set up with the necessary equipment to...

Spider tortoise isn't a species for beginners. They require a brumation that is an important part of their biology, for specimens of all ages and ...

A study published in the journal Nature Conservation has compiled a list of the 50 most threatened reptile species in the Southeast Asian nation, including...

The olm, also known as the human fish, is an endangered species that has developed unique characteristics in response to its extreme living conditions. It can ...

The H’mong keelback snake is the 34th keelback snake known to science. The snake is named the H’mong keelback snake (Rhabdophis hmongorum) in hono...