conservation

Eight Spotted Turtles have returned to the wild
Eight Spotted Turtles have returned to the wildby Responsible herpetoculture - Dec. 21, 2024

Eight Spotted Turtles have returned to the wild in Virginia thanks to genetic testing and a protocol that could help reshape the future of confiscated turtles...

Tiny Darwin’s frogs named after Charles Darwin flown to London for safety
Tiny Darwin’s frogs named after Charles Darwin flown to London for safetyby Joeby Ragpa - Dec. 12, 2024

Darwin's frogs, being under 2 centimetres long and recognisable by their distinctive noses, are now facing threats which are drastically reducing their number...

Join us in protecting amphibians: welcome to Phylloland!
Join us in protecting amphibians: welcome to Phylloland!by Joeby Ragpa - Nov. 05, 2024

Phylloland—an ambitious conservation project to preserve the amphibians of Peru. Life in the jungle is not easy, especially for amphibians that face rapid extin...

617 Texas horned lizards released by Fort Worth Zoo in 2024
617 Texas horned lizards released by Fort Worth Zoo in 2024by Joeby Ragpa - Nov. 05, 2024

The zoo has been sharing data with partners for the last 13 years to ensure the survival of the species. Read more info about this topic using the foll...

Guide from RHF: Leaf-Tailed Geckos
Guide from RHF: Leaf-Tailed Geckosby Responsible herpetoculture - Oct. 14, 2024

CONTENTS: - Dmitri Tkachev EDITORIAL - Dmitri Tkachev MADAGASCAR: A PERSPECTIVE FROM RESPONSIBLE HERPETOCULTURE - Hubert Dobosz SOME NOTE ON HUSBANDRY O...

Guide from RHF: Leaf-Tailed Geckos
Guide from RHF: Leaf-Tailed Geckosby Responsible herpetoculture - Oct. 14, 2024

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Dedicated Conservation Efforts Resurrect Over a Dozen Species Once on the Brink of Extinction—Serving an Important Lesson About Invasive Species
Dedicated Conservation Efforts Resurrect Over a Dozen Species Once on the Brink of Extinction—Serving an Important Lesson About Invasive Speciesby Joeby Ragpa - Oct. 05, 2024

A conservation project in the Caribbean has demonstrated just what can be achieved by restoring animal habitats. Read more info about this topic using ...

Alessandro Catenazzi—Conservation Biologist Earns Prestigious Title and Research Support
Alessandro Catenazzi—Conservation Biologist Earns Prestigious Title and Research Supportby Joeby Ragpa - Sep. 18, 2024

He’s usually the one doing the naming, having identified 65 previously unknown species. Now Alessandro Catenazzi has been named himself as the Half-Earth C...

The 10th World Congress of Herpetology: uniting to advance amphibian and reptile conservation:
The 10th World Congress of Herpetology: uniting to advance amphibian and reptile conservation:by Joeby Ragpa - Sep. 18, 2024

The 10th World Congress of Herpetology (WCH) took place on August 5-9, 2024. At the event, the Pensoft team met up with authors and editors, showcased its new...

Six Grand cayman blue iguanas hatch at Blue Iguana Conservation
Six Grand cayman blue iguanas hatch at Blue Iguana Conservationby Joeby Ragpa - Jul. 25, 2024

The Blue Iguana Conservation program along with the National Trust for the Grand Cayman Islands announced the successful hatching of six Grand Cayman blue ...

Near-extinct Siamese crocodile makes comeback in Cambodia
Near-extinct Siamese crocodile makes comeback in Cambodiaby Joeby Ragpa - Jul. 25, 2024

Cambodia has welcomed 60 baby of near-extinct Siamese crocodile—hatching record for the endangered species in this century, conservationists say. Locals di...

Fort Worth Zoo: Rare Crocodiles Hatched
Fort Worth Zoo: Rare Crocodiles Hatchedby Joeby Ragpa - Jul. 25, 2024

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 ...

“Frog sauna” Could Help Save Endangered Species from the Chytrid Fungus
“Frog sauna” Could Help Save Endangered Species from the Chytrid Fungusby Joeby Ragpa - Jul. 25, 2024

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

Two Crocodile Tegus Hatch at Nashville Zoo
Two Crocodile Tegus Hatch at Nashville Zooby Joeby Ragpa - Jun. 21, 2024

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...

Two Guatemalan Beaded Lizards Born at Oklahoma City Zoo
Two Guatemalan Beaded Lizards Born at Oklahoma City Zooby Joeby Ragpa - Jun. 18, 2024

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

Consumer’s energy helps save Michigan’s turtles
Consumer’s energy helps save Michigan’s turtlesby Joeby Ragpa - Jun. 18, 2024

"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...

The Oregon Zoo Released 11 Northwestern Pond Turtles
The Oregon Zoo Released 11 Northwestern Pond Turtlesby Joeby Ragpa - Jun. 01, 2024

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...

Auckland Zoo Receives 5 Critically Endangered Awakōpaka Skinks
Auckland Zoo Receives 5 Critically Endangered Awakōpaka Skinksby Joeby Ragpa - May. 20, 2024

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...

Fort Worth Zoo Releases 75 Louisiana Pine Snakes
Fort Worth Zoo Releases 75 Louisiana Pine Snakesby Joeby Ragpa - May. 20, 2024

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...

USFWS reopens public comment period on western pond turtle protections
USFWS reopens public comment period on western pond turtle protectionsby Joeby Ragpa - Apr. 24, 2024

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened the public comment period on the agency’s proposal to list the northwestern (Actinemys marmorata) and southwes...

Spotted Softshell Turtle Release Boosts Reptile Conservation in Vietnam
Spotted Softshell Turtle Release Boosts Reptile Conservation in Vietnamby Joeby Ragpa - Apr. 24, 2024

The rewilding of 50 captive-bred spotted softshell turtles has sparked hope for this reptile conservation among conservationists for the future of the...

Herpetofauna at the Frontline: So Many Ways to Die…
Herpetofauna at the Frontline: So Many Ways to Die…by Responsible herpetoculture - Apr. 17, 2024

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HERPETON 2019 Revisited
HERPETON 2019 Revisitedby Responsible herpetoculture - Mar. 16, 2024

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California red-legged frog makes comeback in Napa County
California red-legged frog makes comeback in Napa Countyby Joeby Ragpa - Mar. 13, 2024

The threatened California red-legged frog is finding a home in Napa County, thriving on the Wragg Ridge Preserve wetlands just south of Lake Berryessa. The f...

Extinction: When the Last of a Species Breathes No More
Extinction: When the Last of a Species Breathes No Moreby Joeby Ragpa - Mar. 13, 2024

We are now entering the Sixth Great Extinction. This event, termed by scientists the Anthropocene Mass Extinction, is fueled entirely by humanity’s reckless an...

Psychedelic Rock Gecko Should Be Priority for Conservationists
Psychedelic Rock Gecko Should Be Priority for Conservationistsby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 18, 2024

One of the recent studies has recommended that more effort be made to increase the captive populations of endangered Psychedelic Rock Gecko as part of cons...

Highways Bosses to Close Road for 6 Weeks—to Allow Amhibians to Cross
Highways Bosses to Close Road for 6 Weeks—to Allow Amhibians to Crossby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 18, 2024

An 800-metre stretch of Charlcombe Lane on the outskirts of the city of Bath will close from Monday for a maximum of six weeks to allow for one of the coun...

Researchers Receive $2.75 mln Grant to Investigate Movement of Amphibian Pathogens in Wildlife Trade Networks
Researchers Receive $2.75 mln Grant to Investigate Movement of Amphibian Pathogens in Wildlife Trade Networksby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 02, 2024

MSU researchers and a multi-institutional team of collaborators, including researchers at the University of Tennessee, Washington State University, Univers...

Minnesota’s Turtles are Protected from Commercial Harvest
Minnesota’s Turtles are Protected from Commercial Harvestby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 02, 2024

Last year, state lawmakers approved a law eliminating the commercial harvest of two species—western painted turtles and snapping turtles. So Minnesota’s tu...

Chytrid Infections Exhibit Historical Spread and Contemporary Seasonality in a Declining Stream-Breeding Frog
Chytrid Infections Exhibit Historical Spread and Contemporary Seasonality in a Declining Stream-Breeding Frogby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 02, 2024

For the stream-dwelling foothill yellow-legged frog, Rana boylii, chytrid Infections' (Bd) role in the species' changing abundance across its endemic range (Ca...