Tag: Reptiles
’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds.
The U.N.’s Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services released a summary of far-reaching research on the threats to biodiversity on...
Global Protections Achieved for Imperiled Reptiles
(Johannesburg, South Africa) -Tortoises and freshwater turtles are the most threatened of any major group of terrestrial vertebrates – more so than mammals, birds...
New gadgets are opening windows on reptiles
You have probably heard someone utter the cliché “I grew up in a different era”. Compared to today, my youth was technologically anorexic. It...
Eight Imperiled Amphibians, Reptiles in California and Arizona Move Closer...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that five amphibians and...
L.A. Zoo Welcomes Two Litters of Rare Armenian Vipers
In July 2015 The Los Angeles Zoo was pleased to welcome two litters of Armenian vipers to the collection at the Living Amphibians, Reptiles,...
Inbreeding in Captive Reptile Populations
DISCLAIMER: Some of the images depicted in this article are provoking great discussion and argument, for the fact that none of them have been PROVEN...