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Frogs in the pot: Two in five amphibian species at risk amid climate crisis

Liz Kimbrough 5 Oct 2023
Rock gecko

For Vietnam’s rare reptiles, lack of captive populations may spell doom

Carolyn Cowan 21 Sep 2023
A Mojave Desert tortoise with an iButton attached to it.

How hot are the desert tortoises getting? iButtons help find the answer

Abhishyant Kidangoor 20 Sep 2023

Newly described gecko from Madagascar a master of disguise

Malavika Vyawahare 14 Sep 2023

Can agroforestry chocolate help save the world’s most endangered rainforest?

Liz Kimbrough 12 Sep 2023
Tachymenoides harrisonfordi

It had to be a snake: New species from Peru named after Harrison Ford

Liz Kimbrough 29 Aug 2023
The critically endangered dark sitana (Sitana fusca).

Nepal’s BP Highway threatens endemic, critically endangered lizard

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Jul 2023
John Lyakurwa poses at Bondwa Peak while doing research in the Uluguru mountains, another massif within the Eastern Arc Mountains.

The value of mountains: Q&A with Tanzanian herpetologist John Lyakurwa

Ryan Truscott 18 Jul 2023

Rattlesnakes can calm down their friends, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 12 Jul 2023
A male gharial guarding hatchlings.

Death of rare male gharial in Nepal highlights conservation crisis

Abhaya Raj Joshi 30 Jun 2023
A Bengal whipping frog (Polypedates taeniatus).

In Bangladesh, microplastic threat to frogs is also concern for rice farming

Farhana Parvin 21 Jun 2023
The purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), an ancient species that lived during the dinosaurs, calls small crevices around rocky streams home. Landslides can alter their habitats drastically. Image by David V Raju via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

As tourism booms in India’s Western Ghats, habitat loss pushes endangered frogs to the edge

Spoorthy Raman 22 May 2023
Olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings on their way to the sea.

Record year for olive ridley turtles in Bangladesh as conservation work pays off

Farhana Parvin 22 May 2023
A depiction of the legend of the Kim Qui and the Restored Sword (Hoan Kiem), on mural ceramics in Hoan Kiem temple

Death of last female Yangtze softshell turtle signals end for ‘god’ turtle

Jeremy Hance 9 May 2023

The Mexican family who gave up fishing to monitor and rescue sea turtles

Astrid Arellano 9 May 2023
A Russell's viper

Resurgence of deadly Russell’s viper prompts Bangladesh to develop antivenom

Abu Siddique 26 Apr 2023
A red coral kukri

Red coral kukri sightings in Bangladesh prompt call to save rare snake habitat

Rafiqul Islam 24 Apr 2023
A Micrelaps vaillanti

Scientists make ‘rare’ new identification of snake family: Micrelapidae

Mactilda Mbenywe 21 Apr 2023

Ecuador court upholds ‘rights of nature,’ blocks Intag Valley copper mine

Liz Kimbrough 31 Mar 2023
A pygmy chameleon.

Six newly described chameleon species reflect Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains’ fragility and richness

Ryan Truscott 3 Mar 2023

Newly described DiCaprio’s snake and others threatened by mining in Ecuador and Panama

Liz Kimbrough 23 Feb 2023

New gecko species from Timor-Leste hints at island’s unknown diversity

Liz Kimbrough 21 Feb 2023

New species of ‘Tolkien frog’ emerges from Middle Earth of Ecuadoran Andes

Liz Kimbrough 17 Feb 2023

No croak: New silent frog species described from Tanzania’s ‘sky island’ forests

Liz Kimbrough 9 Feb 2023
Aplastodiscus leucopygius.

Restore linked habitat to protect tropical amphibians from disease: Study

Sean Mowbray 8 Feb 2023
A chameleon on a branch.

Understanding reptile intelligence can aid conservation and safeguard ecosystems (commentary)

Deyatima Ghosh 19 Jan 2023

In Ecuador, communities protecting a ‘terrestrial coral reef’ face a mining giant

Liz Kimbrough 9 Jan 2023

Top 15 species discoveries from 2022 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2022
Pits dug by the bears.

Of Yetis and extinct turtles: Top wildlife discoveries in Nepal in 2022

Abhaya Raj Joshi 26 Dec 2022
Two natterjack toads (Epidalea calamita) in mating position. Image courtesy of Christoph Bühler.

If you build it, the amphibians will come: Swiss researchers show new ponds boost species at risk

Elissa Welle 9 Dec 2022
black softshell turtle

In Nepal, a turtle that rose from the dead makes another grand entrance

Abhaya Raj Joshi 21 Nov 2022

Heat-sensing drone cameras spy threats to sea turtle nests

Liz Kimbrough 17 Oct 2022

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