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A new study has discovered that the serrated edges of Komodo dragon’s teeth are tipped with iron. Led by researchers from King’s College London, the study giv...

For the first time, scientists in Kooragang Island in New South Wales, Australia have observed adult female green and golden bell frogs (Litoria aurea) pre...

The rhino rat snake (Gonyosoma boulengeri) is one of the most unique colubrids on the planet. Adam Radovanovic, Head of Reptiles at Birmingham Wildlife Conser...

The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating a major milestone in its conservation efforts as on Wednesday, the zoo announced the birth of two gharial crocodiles.The ...

A 13-year-old Brazilian rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria cenchria) has given birth to 14 babies at a University in the United Kingdom via parthenogenesis, i...

Purpose-built "frog sauna" allow affected amphibians to warm up and bake off their infections, disabling the fungus at higher temperatures. The saunas are ...

The Nashville Zoo has successfully hatched two crocodile tegus (Crocodilurus amazonicus), which the zoo says is the first such hatching of the species at a...

Males of hellbender salamander normally tend their young, but lately they’ve been devouring them instead. Cannibalism isn't the only human-influenced ca...

The small black turtles with yellow spots and orange markings are at risk of dying out, and one of the biggest reasons is illegal poaching. R...

The water dragon helps to control the numbers of pests that would otherwise plague the plants at the Kew Gardens botanical conservatory. Their appetite for in...

How to keep herps healthy? Read 6 advices from PARC. Let’s work together to create a positive outdoor ethic to keep herps and their habitats healthy! ...

The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden announced June 11, 2024 that two critically endangered Guatemalan beaded lizards (Heloderma charlesbogerti) have...

Edwards Air Force Base's 412th Civil Engineer Group hosts desert tortoises, which recently became listed as endangered species. Seventy young desert tortoi...

Our journey began with a simple idea: to create a comprehensive, visually stunning field guide that captures the beauty and diversity of Anolis lizards in ...

New viper species Ovophis jenkinsi was discovered in the Yunnan province, in the remote region of Yingjiang County and was named in honor of renowned herpe...

"As the Michigan's turtles grow, they start out having a lot of small eggs, but as they mature, they have fewer but larger eggs," says David Mifsud a wetla...

Herbivorous reptiles can have a significant impact on the ecosystem through grazing, browsing, trampling and other functional roles.Famous examples include...

Do not Jackson’s chameleons in captivity if you cannot provide them cold foggy nights in the 50s and if your keeping facility is over 75°F at the daytime. The...

A male (left) and female Palmate Newt. Note the distinctive hair-like filament at the end of the male's tail. Photo: NPWS The palmate newt—a newt species na...

Researchers in China have rediscovered the Gammie’s wolf snake (Lycodon gammiei), also know as the Sikkim false wolf snake, in southeastern Xizang, China. ...

Researchers have discovered a new distinctive and secretive snake species in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. Rhynchocalamus hejazicus is a small snake beari...

The Oregon Zoo announced that it released last week 11 northwestern pond turtles into the Columbia River Gorge. the effort, as part of the zoo’s head start...

This innovative drone research will help Aotearoa's threatened lizard species.Many of Aotearoa’s 120+ lizard species are threatened with extinction and occ...

In an effort to help save the awakōpaka skink (Oligosoma awakopaka) from extinction, the Auckland Zoo in New Zealand is caring for five of these lizards to...

Only 1.2% of squamates, or scaled reptile species—such as the Gila monster—have had their genomes sequenced, compared with 15% of all mammal species. ...

The new exhibit "Turtle Oasis" is home to 26 turtles from four different North American species, including several that are endangered.  Read more ...

Saudi Spur Chameleon (Chamaeleo calcarifer) was described by Peters in 1870 as Chamaeleo calcaratus and the type locality was erroneously given as Bembatuka. ...

Seventy five Louisiana Pine snakes (Pituophis ruthveni) were released May 9 into the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana by the Forth Worth Zoo. This ma...

The Indian star tortoise is an attractive species that was once considered difficult to maintain in captivity. Currently, due to captive breeding, Indian s...

New Jersey Pinelands Commission Herpetologist Jeff Dragon captured, photographed and released a queen snake (Regina septemvittata) after three years of loo...

Why is useful to know captive care for leopard gecko? Because of popularity of Eublepharis macularius continues. Leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) are ...

In 2023, Exotics Keeper Magazine ran the largest-scale survey of exotic pet keepers to date. After creating a robust online platform with a drop-down menu ...