April 1, 2016 Ancient snake's colors revealed through 10-million-year-old fossil Scientists have used sophisticated scanning technology to discover what colors an ancient snake, captured in a colorless fossil, would have had on its skin.
March 18, 2016 Record 16-foot python among 2,000 pounds of snakes recently bagged in southwest Fla. A gigantic Burmese python stretching a record-setting 16 feet long and weighing 140 pounds was among the more than 2,000 pounds of snakes captured in southwest Florida over the past three months, the Bradenton Herald reported Friday.
March 8, 2016 Taxpayers to shell out $50M for Marines to evacuate 1,200 Mojave tortoises The Marines are spending $50 million to evacuate nearly 1,200 tortoises from future training grounds in the Mojave Desert, but similar efforts in the past have proven disastrous, say environmentalists.
February 16, 2016 Endangered Colombian crocodiles get a helping hand The future of a critically endangered crocodile in Colombia just got a little brighter, thanks to a reintroduction program that resulted in the release of more than 40 of the reptiles in the past year.
February 11, 2016 Rare baby albino turtle spotted on Australian beach A group of Australians got a rare treat earlier this week, when a baby albino turtle emerged from a nest and successfully made its way down to the Coral Sea.
February 4, 2016 Rising temperatures could be bad news for male loggerhead turtles Rising global temperatures may be blamed for fewer male loggerhead turtles being born, which could lead to a gender imbalance that puts increased pressure on this already endangered species.
January 28, 2016 New chameleon with blue spots found in Tanzania A new species of chameleon with scattered blue spots has been found in the mountains of Tanzania, underscoring the richness of this biologically important region.
January 18, 2016 Florida declares open season on pythons in annual challenge Barefoot and accompanied by his beagle and Big Bill Booth, Dusty Crum eagerly set out to hunt, catch and/or kill as many Burmese Pythons as possible.
January 9, 2016 183-year-old giant tortoise gets new lease on life thanks to healthier diet Jonathan the 183-year-old giant tortoise has been given a new lease of life thanks to a healthy diet.
December 22, 2015 Two 'extinct' snakes spotted swimming off Australia's coast Scientists feared the last of Australia's short-nosed sea snakes died about 15 years ago, which makes this new sighting doubly auspicious: A wildlife official snapped a photo of not one but two of the snakes swimming off the western coast—and they were making googly eyes at each other.
