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The herpetological community has been reminded once again that natural history museums are not merely warehouses of the past, but "biological time machines...
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...
The San Diego Zoo has announced with deep sadness the passing of its oldest and most cherished resident, a Galápagos tortoise named Gramma. Experts estimat...
The Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), affectionately—or perhaps unflatteringly—nicknamed the "Snot Otter" or "Devil Dog," stands as the larges...
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...
California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) eggs that may have met their demise due to late winter storms in the Santa Monica mountains of Southern Califor...
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...
Mojave desert tortoise is more dire since a federal funding freeze. The grants awarded to protect it from being run over by cars. Far from Washington po...
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...
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 ...
A recently published study sheds light on the ecological importance of red-backed salamanders in the northeastern United States."We have always known the r...
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...
The new exhibit "Turtle Oasis" is home to 26 turtles from four different North American species, including several that are endangered. Read more ...
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...
