Elena Weaver just couldn't stop giggling. The rosy-cheeked 4-year-old from Lancaster was petting the wet shell of a diamondback terrapin squirming in the hands of North Museum volunteer Sarah Annibali ...

Scientists have discovered 115 new species in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia including a crocodile lizard and a snail-eating turtle that was spotted in a Thai food market. The species are ...

Collecting and selling wild freshwater turtles was banned in Florida in 2009. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A Florida reptile ...

The Noontime Nature lecture, “You Gotta Love a Frog: Everything about Those that Swim, Hop, Lumber, or Slither,” at the Loveland Public Library, 300 N. Adams Ave., will be presented twice on Tuesday, ...

Federal prosecutors have brought another case against the so-called “Lizard King" of Florida, accusing him of scheming to export illegally harvested turtles to China and Japan.They say Michael Van ...

BAR HARBOR − Famous for their sluggishness, turtles have been slow to give up the secrets of their evolution and place on the evolutionary tree. For decades, paleontologists who study fossils and ...

Thousands of new species have been found in Greater Mekong in the last 20 years. The Rhinolophus monticolus or Horseshoe bat was discovered in Thailand and is one of the 115 new species discovered by ...

Two cats, three dogs, four turtles and a lizard were rescued from a large fire at a Cleveland apartment complex on June 23 The fire and resulting explosion required 22 companies and over 60 ...

Cats, Dogs, Turtles, and a Lizard Saved After an Ohio Apartment Exploded originally appeared on PetHelpful. A tragic explosion in Ohio has had a happy ending for several animals that were rescued by ...

Numerous dogs and reptiles were seized Nov. 20, 2024, from a home on Clendenny Avenue in Jersey City that authorities described as an illegal breeding facility. Among the reptiles was at least one ...

File photo of a turtle courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission MIAMI – Federal prosecutors have brought another case against the so-called “Lizard King” of Florida, accusing him ...