The most colorful snakes are likely venomous, according to a study published in the Journal of Animal Ecology.

NOAA Fisheries West Coast announced September 22 that an olive ridley sea turtle was observed digging a nest and laying her eggs on a beach in Seal Beach, CA.

The zoo has built habitats designed for mating pairs of the horned lizards and once the eggs are laid, they are moved to an incubator.

The researchers believe M.milleri grew to about 2 meters in length and possibly engaged in burrowing.

Researchers studied wood turtles in the Catskill Mountains and concluded they can persist at higher elevations as temperatures rise.

The researchers analyzed published literature on snakebites, envenomings and deaths from around the world from January 2007 to March 2025.

The photographs show the bobcat biting the rattlesnake's tail, then avoiding it, clawing the body and biting the head.

"When I was twelve years old and got my copy of REPTILES Magazine in the mail, and it had a picture of Slash holding his pet reticulated python on the cover, I thought, ‘This guy is so cool.’”

The DOJ noted that even after Chavez was arrested, she failed to notify border patrol officers that there were live animals in her vehicle.

Someone illegally dumped more than 150 box turtles at the edge of a river in Cranford NJ July 29, the Cranford Fire Department reported.

The brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis), native to northern coastal Australia, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and islands in northwestern Melanesia, has been decimating native bird and reptile po...

The state is asking people who see rainbow snakes in the wild to report their sightings on the NC Wildlife Rainbow Snake reporting page.

Corn Island boas have always been scarce, but the last decade has seen an almost complete absence of new litters or animals for sale.

The desert rain frog is also known as the web-footed rain frog and Boulenger's short-headed frog. They come out after rains to feed.

The annual python hunt runs July 10-19, with registration now open. Previously the hunt ran for almost a month.

Trimeresurus hongheensis occurs in the lower reaches of the Honghe River Basin and adjacent areas close to Yunnan Province.

The Nature Conservancy’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve were the recipients of 21 eastern indigo snakes, with 21 released into Alabama’s Conecuh National Forest.

While the Panamanian golden frog is called a frog, it is a true toad and is in the family Bufonidae.

Chinese water dragons are incredible lizards that deserve more recognition within herpetoculture.

The video shows him with a butterfly net trying to scoop the venomous snake into a bucket.

I pray people will remember no matter what for decades to come, not from an ego standpoint but from an inspirational standpoint.

Bazaar is alleged to have conducted eight transactions and illegally collecting the turtles from the wild.

Jhuma’s leopard gecko was first encountered during a herpetofaunal survey in 2021, with three specimens from Parari.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department released more than 1 million Houston toad eggs into Bastrop State Park southeast of Austin.

The gopher tortoise is considered a keystone species by scientists, due to its burrowing nature, which then helps an estimated 360 other animal species.

The wall lizard represents more than half the diet of the snake, and due to this, the lizard has been reclassified as Endangered by the IUCN.

Also known as wasting disease and stargazing disease|!!| this bearded dragon disease can be fatal to your beardie.

Classified as Dopasia harti, the reptile was considered a single species due to the loss of the original Dopasia formosensis type specimen.

Ophionyssus natricis­ is very common in snakes and occasionally infests lizards.

The desert iguana is a medium-sized, well-proportioned reptile with developed legs, expressive eyes, and large ear openings.

A unique aspect of this particular frog is the fact that it hides several of its organs with bright white tissue.

The photograph provides some insight into the nesting habitat of this species as well as the timing of larval development.

The snake looks like a pastel enchi ball python and as of this writing (April 9) it has not yet been returned to its owner. Hopefully the owner finds out the police have it.

A Brazilian rainbow boa has given birth to 12 babies via parthenogenesis, marking the second time she has given birth this way.

The Southern Pacific rattlesnake is the most common rattlesnake found in Southern California. Its scientific name is Crotalus oreganus helleri.

Southern California has the highest risk for rattlesnake bites due to denser populations that overlap snake habitat and year round recreational activity.

The researchers spent several years exploring more than 60 caves in Battambang Province in western Cambodia.

When the officers encountered the driver, the driver gave a negative declaration of prohibited goods. The search of the tractorrevealed 39 live pythons.

The gecko, Luperosaurus alvarezi, is described based on two species collected from Sibuyan Island in Romblon Province in the Central Philippines.

Takydromus ultapaniensis is mostly brown in coloration with three stripes that run down the back to the tail. Its ventral side is a yellowish in coloration, and its scales are keeled.

In the region where Hernandez was bitten, there are two species of rattlesnake that are known to frequent the area; the Western diamondback rattlesnake and the Southern Pacific rattlesnake.

The venom of the Eastern coral snake is neurotoxic and affects the central nervous system. This leads to respiratory failure and paralysis.

Achalinus mirabilis was discovered in Taizhou City in Zhejiang Province, China. The city is highly urbanized.

Cyrtodactylus kiriromensis is different based on "mitochondrial phylogeny and statistically diagnosed using meristic, morphometric, and color pattern characters."

This species is currently known to exist only in Gengma County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province, China found in bushes near streams.

Russian opposition leader and anti-Putin politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned by epibatidine, a toxin found in dart frogs in South America.