Reptiles and Amphibians
Camp Danger introduces kids to spiders, pocket dragons and Vlad the Impaler
Youngsters at VAE's Camp Danger were introduced to Sydney, a Florida-bred jumping spider roughly the...
Sargassum seaweed piles up on Marco Beach as turtle season hits 162 nests
Just twelve weeks into the sea turtle season, Marco has already recorded 162 nests with 32 hatched n...
A dog spots a 3ft python under the door in Honolulu, and eight police turn up
"I'm deathly afraid of snakes. That's not something I want to find late at night." A late-night dog ...
Piedmont library's critter day brings snakes, geckos and a tortoise
Piedmont Public Library welcomed Piedmont Pet Planet on July 23, giving guests of all ages a close l...
Man stops mid-ride to rescue a snake hiding in his bike
A UP man was shocked to find a snake in his bike's fuel tank mid-ride. Panic gripped a busy road in ...
Humane Society International calls for an end to the wild turtle trade
Odisha Channel Bureau Bhubaneswar, May 22: As people around the world celebrate World Turtle Day on ...
Two arrested over lemur and spider monkey photo sessions in Baltimore County
Save this story in The Banner app Scan this with your phone's camera to download Two men are facing ...
Florida man charged over a sea turtle shell posted for sale on Facebook
A Lake Worth Beach man learned the hard way that selling body parts from an endangered species is a ...
Meet the sulcata tortoises at the Monroe zoo
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Come take a walk on the wild side! You can feed the Sulcata, or African-spurred...
A Ring camera wakes a Queensland family to a carpet python at the door
Queensland homeowner captures carpet python on door camera 'At the bottom of the camera, it even sai...
Jonathan, the 194-year-old tortoise, named a Guinness World Records icon
A tortoise believed to have been born nearly two centuries ago has received one of the highest honou...
A day in the life of a zookeeper at the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - This week's Wildlife Wednesday follows zookeeper Brooklyn Heydel to see w...
Five snakes with remarkable eyes, all of them dangerous
Snakes aren't usually praised for their looks. Most people notice the fangs, the scales, or the fact...
Rattlesnakes hit hard by fungal disease and lung parasites
Disease in snakes could pile up following a first infection, with some species in the US particularl...
Green turtle numbers rise in Sabah, while hawksbills and olive ridleys struggle
KOTA KINABALU: Conservation efforts by the Sabah government an local communities are increasing the ...
Poaching and deep-sea pollution put Sabah's sea turtles at risk
KOTA KINABALU: Threats to sea turtle populations in Sabah remain a major concern despite encouraging...
The North Sea's top predators are going after the same prey
Top predators don't usually compete for prey. In the North Sea, harbor porpoises and gray seals do n...
Con Dao named one of the world's best places to watch turtle releases
Con Dao among world's top 7 destinations for sea turtle releases Tuesday, 12:06, 21/04/2026 VOV.VN -...
Ohio lawmakers want the Loveland Frog as the state's official cryptid
Ohio, home of the...Loveland Frog?Two Ohio lawmakers have introduced legislation to designate the fa...
Neanderthals in Germany ate pond turtles and used the shells as tools
Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news Although turtles weren't Nea...
Expert warns after a rare sea snake bite triggers a helicopter rescue
The Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers boss has told Australians exactly what they need to do. A man has ...
Snakes are coming out of Town Creek into Jackson yards
Residents near Town Creek say snakes are becoming a daily problem, with some crawling from the creek...
Giant Pacific seahorses return to Santa Barbara's Sea Center
What did ancient people first think upon finding dead seahorses washed up on shore? Were they baby d...
Female frogs play dead to dodge unwanted mates
For years, various posts on social media have claimed that some female frogs play dead to avoid mati...
A missing calf is found inside a 5.5m python in Kedah
The Malaysia Civil Defence Force (APM) responded to an emergency call in Kampung Tembak B, near Paya...
Joro spiders are already in Massachusetts
Spiders don't have to spew poison venom or display vampire-like fangs to scare the crap out of peopl...
A three-limbed Kemp's ridley turtle is being tracked out at sea
JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The veterinary staff at a Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from s...
Cane toad or native frog? Here's how to tell them apart
An unwelcome warty Queensland tourist provided quite the surprise for a person at a local caravan pa...
Bats in Vietnam are being hunted to sell as Halloween decorations
With hues of orange and black on its wings and a furry, fluffy face, the painted woolly bat is a stu...
A new platform matches reptile owners with sitters across the US
Reptisitter LLC has officially launched as the first dedicated online platform designed specifically...
Where the bamboo pit vipers of Dang like to hang out
Surat: An study by a researcher from the city and a scholar from Germany has found that bamboo pit v...
Laramie's salamanders cross the road at night, and spring is back
April showers may bring May flowers, but in Laramie, it brings something else, too. On the first pro...
Leatherback turtles are bothered by loud noises, a study finds
Few species -- other than the rat, the cockroach and the human being -- are able to traverse the glo...
A guide to the salamanders of Ohio
Submitted photo About 25 species of salamanders living in Ohio have soft, moist skin to absorb oxyge...
Citizen scientists and sanctuaries are giving India's frogs a hand
World Frog Day on March 20 celebrates the role of frogs, the world's most numerous amphibians. They ...
Behaviour changes are hiding how well some endangered species are recovering
In a groundbreaking study published this year, a team of ecologists and conservation biologists reve...
One of the world's rarest sea turtles washes up in Texas
Researchers have documented a critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle washed ashore in Texas ...
The platypus is even stranger than anyone realised
Why does the platypus have melanin structures similar to birds? No one really knows They already hav...
Platypuses have hollow melanosomes, a trait thought to belong only to birds
Platypuses, one of the most peculiar creatures on Earth, continue to defy the boundaries of what sci...
What to do if you come across a rattlesnake
Utah has five species of rattlesnakes, the Great Basin being the most common. A 25-year-old mountain...
A rare spider-tailed viper arrives at Bern Zoo
A Spider's Trickery: Rare Spider-Tailed Viper Finds a Home in Bern The Bern Zoo in Switzerland has r...
Fossils reveal the sexes of a 450-million-year-old species
Sexual dimorphism is the concept that the male and female counterparts of the same species have diff...
Crocodile spotted in Pandan Reservoir as water activities are suspended
A crocodile has been spotted in Pandan Reservoir, prompting authorities to suspend water activities ...
New cascade frog named after social worker Padmini Varkey
A newly discovered cascade frog species in Northeast India has been named "Ammachi Cascade" in honou...
"Share the Beach" volunteers have logged 89 turtle nests so far in 2026
Gulf Shores, Ala. -- (GSN) -- Alabama's Gulf Coast is experiencing a strong sea turtle nesting seaso...
Aqua Planet to release rehabilitated sea turtles off Jeju
Aqua Planet plans to release rehabilitated green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) off Jeju Island later ...
Night walks to spot frogs are catching on in Borneo
KUCHING, July 4: Dodging fire-ants, snakes and millions of nighttime creepy-crawlies, a group of tre...