Tag: Reptiles

A Pennsylvania man has received a six-month prison sentence for illegally trafficking diamondback terrapin turtles (Malaclemys terrapin). David Sommers, a 64-year-old man from Bucks County, just north of Philadelphia, told...

A giant new crocodile species has seemingly jumped out of nowhere as researchers took a closer look at museum specimens and living reptiles at a Florida zoo. Now deceased biologist...

A newly described syndrome that causes lesions on turtle shells may be slowing the impacts of recovery efforts for northwestern pond turtles in Washington state. “The shell disease is probably...

“Introduced species can provide this natural experiment of what happens when you toss species in a completely different climate — can they survive or not?” said John Wiens, a professor...

A landscaper was pruning a tree on Florida’s Sanibel Island when a 12-foot alligator seized her by the arm and dragged her 10 feet to a nearby pond. By the...

Researchers have pinpointed a fungal disease previously unknown to science as the culprit responsible for eroding the shells of freshwater turtles. “By causing damage to the shell, it essentially could...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has dialed down its advice for exterminating invasive iguanas with a new statement intended to clear up uncertainty from a previous memo. Earlier...

Wildlife managers are scrambling around in the bushes in an effort to help a struggling Florida lizard regain some of its lost territory. Kevin Enge, an associate research scientist with...

As Christopher Schalk was conducting research on roadkill in Texas, he noticed the roadways were often lined for miles and miles with erosion control blankets — materials often required by...

Lizard research on tiny experimental islets in the Bahamas shows that prevailing ecological theory regarding the role of predators in ecosystems may not always be correct. Brown anoles (Anolis sagrei)...