In a massive effort to ensure survival, the federal government is allowing the relocation of sea turtle nests to the Kennedy Space Center. An article from TheCalifornian.com explains the process:
“It’s still very early in the season, but we’re p…
The snake didn’t do it after all. Turns out it was a combination of lethal drugs that did Cleopatra in. From Discovery.com:
“There was no cobra in Cleopatra’s death,” Schäfer told Discovery News.
The author of a best-selling book in Germany, “…
They say no good deed goes unpunished. Fortunately, it looks like that’s true of bad deeds too.
From Alachua County Today, proof positive that alcohol and alligators do not mix:
As if getting bitten once wasn’t enough, the man, who officials said…
WCTV in Tallahassee, Florida, reports on the challenges facing the Sea Turtle volunteers at Alligator Point. It also takes a look at the emerging debate about whether to release the animals in a different location or to continue to hold them.
Th…
Most people might go on vacation to some tropical beach or other exotic location. Not this herper.
I’m sitting in a hotel in Rapid City, South Dakota, nursing a sunburn I picked up at Reptile Gardens, where Terry Phillip, head reptile curator, ha…
Nothing new under the sun? That may be true, but humans keep discovering species that are new to us.
That’s exactly what happened in Australia’s Victorian Desert. From Perth Now:
Taipans are among the most venomous land snakes in the world. The…
Not only is the BBC reporting oil has temporarily stopped gushing into the Gulf, but there’s good news from the Associated Press:
The first sea turtle hatchlings whose eggs were evacuated from the Gulf Coast oil spill to Florida’s Kennedy Space Ce…
Reptile hobbyists, educators, scientists, and zoo professionals from around the world will all converge on Tucson this month for the 33rd annual International Herpetological Symposium.
Held in different locations each year, the IHS is one of the…
It’s day 85 of the BP Gulf oil spill. The oil is still spilling, the animals are still dying, and it’s hurricane season. And this week the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this week began the long process of performing necrop…
The Houston music community is coming together to help sea turtles on Sunday, July 25.
From the folks at the East Texas Herpetological Society:
Feeling the need to help combat the effects of BP oil in the Gulf of Mexico, legendary Bluesmen, Tutu …
