Tag: Reptiles

Prescribed fires may kill individual box turtles, but the aftermath produces favorable plots for egg-laying females. “The fire does create this challenging habitat around them by altering the availability of...

A pair of new studies illuminate one of the ways that a fungal disease may be killing snakes as well as what methods may not work for protecting infected serpents....

Sumatran blood pythons are declining in body size and reproduction — possibly due to overharvesting on the Indonesian island. “This paper is the first one that suggests that there may...

Humans aren’t directly to blame for most North American reptile deaths, according to a large new meta-study that examines a host of research in the United States and Canada. But...

Restored cranberry farm environments don’t immediately attract large numbers of native amphibians and reptiles or initially promote species diversity of native amphibians and reptiles, according to preliminary results presented in...

A deadly snake fungal disease has officially spread into California — the farthest west of any detection yet, according to a recent bulletin from the state Department of Fish and...

Female copperhead snakes stop reproducing after severe drought. According to a study published in Scientific Reports none of the dozens of monitored female copperhead snakes (Agkistrodon contortrix) in a forest...

Two Florida men face a number of charges related to the illegal capture and sale of freshwater turtle species. According to a press release by the Florida Fish and Wildlife...

Sometimes he’s identifying snakes from tweeted pictures. Sometimes he’s reaching out to the public to increase awareness — and ease people’s phobias — of snakes. To his colleagues, David Steen...

Giving turtles a chance to grow in captivity is more important for their future success in the wild than environmental enrichment, according to new research. “It doesn’t really matter so...