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Conservation News

Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Gains Endangered Species Act Protection

learnedlizard - October 7, 2016

Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Gains Endangered Species Act Protection Snake Threatened by Habitat Destruction in Midwest, Great Lakes States Following a landmark settlement agreement with the Center...

Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake credit: Mike Redmer / USFWS

Reptile News

Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Proposed for Protection Under Endangered Species Act

learnedlizard - October 1, 2015

Habitat Destruction in Midwest, Great Lakes States Driving Snake's Decline MINNEAPOLIS— In accordance with an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity that speeds up...

EDITOR PICKS

Chris Smith – “Any day with a rattlesnake is a good...

February 10, 2017

“The one attribute I look for is enthusiasm” says James Borrell

February 7, 2017

Chris Pellecchia, holding the first Ricord's Rock Iguana they captured on there April 2016 Expedition. An approximately 2 year old female, that they measured, sampled (DNA), and PIT tagged. Chris had hoped to encounter her again in summer of 2017.

Chris Pellecchia, Special Projects International Reptile Conservation Foundation, Inc.

January 6, 2017

Cupid’s syringe: A love potion for troubled amphibians

October 16, 2015

Wetlands are a vital part of healthy ecosystems, providing clean water and coastal protection and a home for many species of plants and animals © WWF Madagascar/Roland Eve

Protected wetlands: A 10th Ramsar site for Madagascar

October 16, 2015

Biologists have succeeded in ridding Mallorcan midwife toad (Alytes muletensis) tadpoles of chytrid fungus infection. Photo by Jaime Bosch MNCN-CSIC.

Success! Biologists may have found a way to eliminate amphibian-killing fungus...

November 25, 2015

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