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A threatened species for nearly a decade, the narrow-headed garter snake is getting new life and help from scientists at the Phoenix Zoo. Tara Harris, d...
Scientists of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Illinois Department of Natural Resources are working in earnest to observe and document the Illinois c...
Using samples from NOAA Fisheries’ tissue library, scientists have sequenced the sea turtle genomes of endangered leatherback and green sea turtles. "Se...
In an effort to learn more about the distribution of hellbenders and mudpuppies, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has launched a citizen sci...
Reptile expert Roger Hill, owner of The Snake Pit, has run his retail and educational business for 30 years. "We weren’t interested in sports. We were i...
Snake Discovery—a reptile adoption program, run through Maplewood, Minnesota store. Read more info about this topic using the following link ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia will debut its new aquarium and reptile center this spring. The much-anticipated Darnall W...
In many places, busy roads lie between newts and their breeding grounds. In Petaluma and other parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, thousands of newts are ...
The juvenile loggerhead turtle named Ruth can come back to the ocean this September, after 7 months being treated for hypothermia. In February, rescuers...
The San Antonio Zoo's Reptile House gained several new additions this year, including 11 psychedelic rock geckos bred by the zoo's Ectotherms Team, accordi...
What are the impacts of wildfire on the Sacramento Mountain salamander? These are some of the questions that Dr. Nancy Karraker and students in her lab at ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission finally approved to adding the striped newt to the state’s threatened species list. Found primaril...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking the public to report any observations of mudpuppies (aquatic salamanders) they may accidentally cat...
Many American turtle species are in trouble due to poaching as illegal trafficking poses serious conservation concerns for native America's turtles. "It...
A half-dozen subspecies of box turtles make their homes across much of the U.S., from Maine down to Florida and westward out to Colorado. With their bright...
An article written by Chris Montross of DarkHorse Herpetoculture. Read about adventures in searching for red ratsnakes in the foothill of western North C...
At the start of every summer, the western pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata) are collected as eggs from wild nests and transported to Woodland Park Zoo, wh...
The 10,000th hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi) captive bred in Saint Louis Zoo, were released into an Ozark river. Read more info about...
Scientists uncovered interesting facts of reproductive ecology of southern spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) that will help the species conservation. Rea...
The second registration of a wild-born Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) prooves the efficiency of reintroduction program in the state. Read als...
Two gigantic Aldabra tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) named Othello and Ray are considered to be the oldest animals at the St. Louis Zoo. The reptiles...
The newt can use tetrodotoxin from its skin glands to induce lethargy af the attacking snake and win enough time to escape from death. Read more info ab...
First successful breeding of critically endangered Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti became a great result of this species ex situ saving program. The hatc...
Most poison frogs come from legitimate frog breeding operations here and abroad, but some are still snatched from the wild illegally in their native countr...
