North America

A groundbreaking study by biologist Vladimir Dinets has shifted the scientific perspective on reptile intelligence, revealing that the Cuban boa (Chilaboth...

The Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis gigas), a highly aquatic reptile endemic to California's Central Valley, is at a critical juncture in its recovery. Rece...

A groundbreaking genetic study has revealed the existence of two new species of crocodile living on isolated Caribbean islands—a discovery that challenges ...

The Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), affectionately—or perhaps unflatteringly—nicknamed the "Snot Otter" or "Devil Dog," stands as the larges...

Conservationists, led by the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) and the Guadalajara Zoo, have launched an intensive rescue and recovery mission following the c...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has officially designated the giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) as the official California's state snake, signing Sena...

Iguanaland in Punta Gorda houses reptiles large and small in world's largest reptile zoo. See iguanas, snakes, turtles and more. Read also: Galapa...

Researchers at the University of California, Davis monitored the pond turtle populations from 2016 to 2022 at two sites in the park that also have bullfrog...

An ecological survey in Barbados has rediscovered the smallest known snake species in the world, the Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae). The sn...

The tortoise, named "Mommy" made international headlines earlier this month when, at nearly 100 years old, she became the oldest first-time mom of her spec...

The Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy announced that it has released 1,204 frosted flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) larva into a wetland that th...

In December 2024, Jeff George, executive director of Sea Turtle, Inc., got a phone call. Someone on a beach on South Padre Island in Texas had spotted a di...

Thousands of common wall lizards, known as Lazarus lizards, are roaming around the Cincinnati streets. Although the common wall lizard is “permanent reside...

Representative Betty McCollum (MN) has reintroduced a bill titled “To amend the Animal Welfare Act to include cold-blooded species as animals, and for othe...

Republican State Rep. Perry A. Stambaugh was at Juniata Elementary School in Mifflintown watching 1st grade students doing presentations on state symbols w...

Each spring, a disquieting tangle of tens of thousands of garter snakes emerges from their winter home, forming the world’s largest gathering of snakes. ...

A roughly 100-year-old western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise has become a first-time mom after reproducing with a male of the same age at Philadelphia Zoo....

The Center for Biological Diversity notified the Trump administration today that it intends to sue over ongoing violations of the Endangered Spec...

Extreme warming in the future may shrink the range of venomous Gila monsters (Heloderma suspectum) in the U.S. Southwest. Gila monsters (Heloderma suspe...

South Carolina House Bill 3937 (H3937) was introduced on Feb. 6, 2025 by Representative Hixon. It will ban venomous reptiles. The bill makes it illegal to ...

These amphibians evolved unique strategies to move around the canopies of the world’s tallest trees. With mottled brown skin and a body small enough to ...

Fear of snakes is a powerful emotion. It moves other people to needlessly kill snakes. It is very hard to convince some folks to let go of their irrational...

At least six reptiles of endangered Vallarta turtle species (Kinosternon vogti) known for their distinctive yellow head spots, were stolen from a protectiv...

The researchers say the resistance they have observed in the frog may be due to natural selection for more resistant genotypes, acquired immunity and diffe...

I found myself staying in Los Angeles for a couple of nights for a business trip. Meeting and flight times had worked together to leave me with some late afte...

The Village of Ashley is considering a ban on all "exotic", "wild", and livestock animals, along with a pet limit. Bans all species "foreign and not native to...

The lizards came from seven clutches that were raised at the San Antonio Zoo’s Center for Conservation & Research. Read more info about this topic ...

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

"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 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...