While most of the national herp community is focused on the extension of the USFWS public comment period, Ohio residents have their own concerns.
From theColumbus Dispatch:
Koppenhofer, who with his wife, Susan, owns Special K Reptiles, has had…
The best time to go herping is common knowledge to the reptile community, but other people might not realize this.
In Texas, reports are climbing of Coral Snakes, which is bad with a shortage of anti-venom:
The coral snake is one of four types …
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, “…
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…
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…
Ophidiophobia is the number one thing that terrorizes people. For those of us that live with snakes, we can’t understand this. I have worked with folks to help get over the fear, however some just never wish to work over this.
A truly sad story…
So most people these days are infatuated with Betty White. Some of us older folks have loved her reptile antics much longer than her SNL stint. Personally I think she was truly the highlight of the 1999 film “Lake Placid” She also taught us wiv…
This horrible news broke Sunday, but I was trying to see if more information would come out due to the cause of the fire. From the Latin American Herald Tribune:
A fire destroyed on Saturday 82,000 snake specimens, considered the largest collect…
This horrible news broke Sunday, but I was trying to see if more information would come out due to the cause of the fire. From the Latin American Herald Tribune:
A fire destroyed on Saturday 82,000 snake specimens, considered the largest collect…
