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Reptiles & Amphibians
Snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs—enclosures, heating, and species care.
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Family's Amboli Waterfall Outing Turns Scary As Snake Falls From Above In Viral Video
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (353+ words) The girls immediately begin screaming after realising what had happened. People standing nearby also appear shocked as the snake moves towards the rocks and flowing water before eventually disappearing from sight. The crowd can be heard shouting in panic as…...
'He will be missed by many': National Aquarium's Terry the turtle dies
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (273+ words) The National Aquarium of New Zealand’s oldest resident, Terry the turtle, has died. He was believed to be about 50 years old. The beloved hawksbill sea turtle came to the Napier aquarium in the late 1970s. When he arrived from his birthplace…...
How many frogs is too many frogs?
13+ hour, 19+ min ago (17+ words) Ventura County Star How many frogs is too many frogs?...
Brazil fossil lost for 20 years helps identify new reptile species from 240 million years ago
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (550+ words) AI-generated illustration of Silescelida acristata, a reptile that lived around 240 million years ago in what is now southern Brazil A fossil fragment that disappeared for around two decades has helped scientists identify a previously unknown reptile that lived about 240 million…...
German woman caught stuffing pet snake in train bin after it became 'too boring and too expensive"
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (352+ words) A woman in Germany is under investigation after police said she sealed her pet snake inside a tied plastic bag and threw it into a train garbage bin beside a passenger seat. According to RTL Today, the case centers on…...
Randy's Natural World: The five-lined skink | Opinion | theadanews.com
12+ hour, 41+ min ago (136+ words) An adult five-lined skink pauses on a wood surface. Note the five lines with various colors in between. An immature five-lined skink hunts for food. Note that it is black with five distinct pale stripes extending from the head to…...
DNA Hints at Hidden Diversity in a Declining South Asian Frog
15+ hour, 32+ min ago (681+ words) Across the flooded fields and scrubby foothills of South Asia lives a frog that most people, including many biologists, would struggle to tell apart from its close relatives. The burrowing frog Sphaerotheca maskeyi, a medium-sized member of the family Dicroglossidae,…...
Japan Customs Seized 200 Lizards Stuffed into 22 Socks
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (319+ words) Sonny Haugen is a freelance writer attending university in Kyoto, Japan and studying political science. When not in school, Sonny enjoys spending their free time watching animals videos and spending time outdoors. Having grown up with dogs, birds, and chickens,…...
New subterranean amphibian species discovered in Maharashtra's Western Ghats
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Teeth Reveal Four Adaptive Zones Shaping Carnivore Evolution
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (762+ words) For more than a century, paleontologists and evolutionary biologists have marveled at the way terrestrial mammalian carnivores keep reinventing the same body plans....