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Injured Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Returns on South Padre Island
Published: May 12, 2025 08:44
In December 2024, Jeff George, executive director of Sea Turtle, Inc., got a phone call. Someone on a beach on South Padre Island in Texas had spotted a distinctive-looking Kemp’s ridley sea turtle with a large chunk missing from her shell. For George,…
Boy Brought Lizards from Italian Vacation and Now Ohio Has a Growing Invasive Reptile Issue
Published: May 9, 2025 17:03
Thousands of common wall lizards, known as Lazarus lizards, are roaming around the Cincinnati streets. Although the common wall lizard is “permanent resident” in the city, they aren’t native to the U.S. Lazarus lizard is an invasive reptile native to…
Invasive Trees Impedes Galapagos Tortoise Migration
https://responsibleherpetoculture.foundation/invasive-trees-impedes-galapagos-tortoise-migration/
Published: May 7, 2025 08:52
Invasive Spanish cedar on the Galapagos Islands could be impeding the seasonal migration of the Galapagos Tortoise—islands’ biggest herbivores. Giant reptiles navigate around toxic forests during their seasonal movements. Western Santa Cruz tortoises…
Kimberley Rock Monitor Care Sheet
https://responsibleherpetoculture.foundation/kimberley-rock-monitor-care-sheet/
Published: May 6, 2025 10:14
Kimberley rock monitor (Varanus glauerti) is slowly becoming more widely available in the United States. They are easier to find in Australia and the UK, but American reptile breeders are working on new generations of captive-bred Kimberley rock monitors.…
USARK ALERT: Bill “To Amend the Animal Welfare Act to Include Cold-Blooded Species as Animals, and for Other Purposes” Was Reintroduced
Published: April 28, 2025 07:08
Representative Betty McCollum (MN) has reintroduced a bill titled “To amend the Animal Welfare Act to include cold-blooded species as animals, and for other purposes.” McCollum introduced this at the end of the last session (died with session adjournment),…
Students Push To Make Eastern Box Turtle Official Pennsylvania State Reptile
Published: April 27, 2025 08:06
Republican State Rep. Perry A. Stambaugh was at Juniata Elementary School in Mifflintown watching 1st grade students doing presentations on state symbols when one 1st grader asked him why the state didn’t have an official Pennsylvania State reptile.…
Endangered Sea Turtles Populations Show Signs of Recovery in More Than Half the World
Published: April 26, 2025 07:19
Endangered sea turtles populations show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey. The study looked at 48 populations of endangered sea turtles populations around the world. Scientists…
Snakes on a Lain: Manitoba’s Narcisse Snake Dens
https://responsibleherpetoculture.foundation/snakes-on-a-plain-manitobas-narcisse-snake-dens/
Published: April 24, 2025 08:50
Each spring, a disquieting tangle of tens of thousands of garter snakes emerges from their winter home, forming the world’s largest gathering of snakes. Read more info about this topic using the following link Read also: Garter Snakes Make Friends,…
Endangered Tortoise Becomes First-time Mom at About 100 years Old
Published: April 23, 2025 08:31
A roughly 100-year-old western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise has become a first-time mom after reproducing with a male of the same age at Philadelphia Zoo. Philadelphia Zoo recently hatched eggs laid by an elderly western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise…
Trump Administration Firings Threaten Frosted Flatwoods Salamander
Published: April 22, 2025 08:11
The Center for Biological Diversity notified the Trump administration today that it intends to sue over ongoing violations of the Endangered Species Act that are harming federally protected frosted flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) at St. Marks…