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

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...

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens announced April 15 that 70 critically endangered Mojave Desert tortoise (Gopherus...

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...

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

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

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

The researchers will work on solutions to mitigate Batrachochytrium Salamandrivorans disease spread among captive and wild amphibian populations.Researcher...

Northeastern cities may not be the worst places to live for reptiles and amphibians in North America, according to a new citizen science analysis. "Overall, ...

Officials with Zoo Atlanta say 11 endangered and rarest lizard species—Guatemalan beaded lizards hatched recently and arrived at a zoo back in their native...

The Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary (PHS) announced that will house six Gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) and six mugger crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has prohibited the western painted turtles and snapping turtles harvesting in state, the agency said in a new...

The draft recovery plan for the Louisiana pinesnake is now available as The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s remove it from the Federal List of Endangered and...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

LaRue Road and Forest Service Road No. 345 also known as "Snake Road" will be closed to vehicle traffic to allow these herps, some that are listed...

The Mojave fringe-toed lizard, scientifically known as Uma scoparia, is a fascinating reptile species that calls the arid Mojave Desert home. ...

New gharial moms Raani and Snaggle, father Big Boy (the biggest gharial in the U.S.), and the ectotherm keeper team at the Fort Worth Zoo. The zoo...

Biologists with Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources are celebrating the discovery of a young Hellbender Salamander i...

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Lab are developing crosswalks for wildlife on the reservation, especially four-toed salamander, who is considered at risk....

The eastern spiny softshell turtle is one of two softshell turtles in Illinois, and it is the more widespread of the two. The other, the smooth so...

Nashville Zoo announced that the new Komodo dragon habitat is officially open to the public. This remarkable exhibit now claims the title of the largest Ko...

The Fort Worth Zoo recently released 55 Louisiana Pine Snakes into the Kisatchie National Forest The Fort Worth Zoo participates in several breeding pro...

The first turtle nest hatched on the Fort Myers Beach emergency berm. The emergency berm was designed to restore sand in time for nesting season so that...

Thousands of onlookers gathered on Monday on Malaquite Beach in the Padre Island National Seashore eagerly awaiting the release of the Kemp’s ridley sea tu...

The call for applications for the Future Leaders of Amphibian Conservation Award by the Amphibian Survival Alliance (ASA) is now open! The ASA’s Future ...