It’s a chilling sight: once-bustling wetlands falling eerily silent, their frog and salamander choruses replaced by a ...

Imagine walking through a lush, green forest, sunlight dancing on the scales of a basking lizard. Nearby, a turtle glides through the water and a snake slithers silently in the underbrush. For ...

All data is passed on to Froglife (the national amphibian charity), the West Yorkshire Ecological Service, the Yorkshire Amphibian & Reptile Group, and Wharfedale Naturalists’ Society. The WNS helped ...

Reptiles living in open habitats generally have brighter coloration than species living in denser vegetation. This is shown in a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The study, published in ...

Rhonda McClure enjoys needle felting, knitting and weaving. The fiber artist and shepherd uses wool grown on their sheep farm in Saunders County. Rhonda McClure enjoys needle felting, knitting and ...

Think back to your elementary school days and your first science classes. Do you remember learning about the differences between amphibians and reptiles? If so, do you remember what separates these ...

KENNEWICK, Wash.–A Reptile Expo will have exotic pets for purchase along with supplies necessary to take care of the reptiles. The Expo will have high quality reptiles as well as easy-to-care ...

Fear of lizards is formally referred to as herpetophobia, which is a fear of reptiles. Someone afraid of lizards may also be afraid of other reptiles such as snakes. Experts aren't sure why people ...

Many exotic animals carry zoonotic diseases, which can be transmitted from animals to humans. Salmonella infections from reptiles and amphibians, as well as the risk of contracting diseases like ...

As the Marco Eagle reported in 2021, Marco Island, other cities, and one county spent $20,000-40,000 annually on contractors who kill the reptiles with air guns and via other methods, but they are so ...

Marieke Lettink, an expert on reptiles and amphibians, was part of the team that found the pair of Waitaha geckos on Motunau Island, off the coast the country’s South Island. It was an ...

1 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Florida Field Station, Gainesville, FL, United States 2 U.S. Fish ...