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A Micrelaps vaillanti

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

Mactilda Mbenywe 21 Apr 2023
A pygmy chameleon.

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

Ryan Truscott 3 Mar 2023
A chameleon on a branch.

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

Deyatima Ghosh 19 Jan 2023
A tokay gecko.

Rumors and misconceptions threaten tokay geckos in Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam 10 Jan 2023

Top 15 species discoveries from 2022 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2022

Rare, critically endangered gecko making dramatic recovery in Caribbean

Maxwell Radwin 2 Dec 2022

Heat-sensing drone cameras spy threats to sea turtle nests

Liz Kimbrough 17 Oct 2022
A mugger crocodile.

Nepal’s mugger crocs face ‘senseless’ turf war over dwindling fish resources

Abhaya Raj Joshi 23 Sep 2022

Eight new-to-science geckos described from biodiversity haven Madagascar

Liz Kimbrough 15 Sep 2022
Drying fish on raised racks instead of the sand reduced the fish waste, a success of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Photo by Robert Bociaga for Mongabay.

Human pressures strain Lake Tanganyika’s biodiversity and water quality

Robert Bociaga 9 Sep 2022
A turtle hatchling

In Indonesia’s West Sumbawa, tide turns on taste for turtle eggs

Fathul Rakhman 7 Sep 2022

In Nepal, endangered tiger kills critically endangered gharial. What does it mean?

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 Sep 2022
A female gharial basking on the banks of Chambal River

Gharials, most distinctive of crocs, are most in need of protection, study shows

Abhaya Raj Joshi 25 Aug 2022
sikkim lizard in Nepal

An elusive lizard thought to live only in India makes an appearance in Nepal

Abhaya Raj Joshi 17 Aug 2022
Hawksbill turtle

Turtle DNA database traces illegal shell trade to poaching hotspots

Carolyn Cowan 18 Jul 2022

Raise-and-release program keeping Nepal’s gharials alive can be improved, study says

Abhaya Raj Joshi 3 Jul 2022

Return of the king? Pakistan moves to bring gharials from Nepal to its rivers

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 Jul 2022
Gharial hatchlings

First gharial hatchlings spotted in nearly two decades in Nepal’s Karnali River

Abhaya Raj Joshi 20 Jun 2022
A king cobra in Nepal.

Nepal conservationists work to overturn ‘all snakes are venomous’ mindset

Abhaya Raj Joshi 15 Jun 2022

Study casts doubt on sustainability of regulated blood python snakeskin trade

Basten Gokkon 2 Jun 2022

A helping hand for red-footed tortoises making a comeback in Argentina

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 30 May 2022
West African slender-snouted crocodile, Tano River basin, Ghana. Image courtesy Threatened Species Conservation Alliance

Slender-snouted crocodile savior: Q&A with Whitley Award winner Emmanuel Amoah

Mohamed Fofanah 13 May 2022
A hawksbill sea turtle

Shell of a comeback: New app, awareness campaigns bring hope for hawksbill turtles

Carly Nairn 6 Apr 2022
Leatherback turtle nesting on a beach

‘Resilient’ leatherback turtles can survive fishing rope entanglements. Mostly

Kala Hunter 5 Apr 2022

Nepal’s gharials deserve attention and protection (commentary)

Zach Fitzner 16 Feb 2022

A royal release: Cambodia returns 51 rare turtles to the wild

Grace Hansen 1 Feb 2022

Colombo’s seagoing crocodiles under pressure after diver’s killing

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Jan 2022
Asian giant tortoises

Wild release marks return of giant forest tortoises to Bangladesh hills

Carolyn Cowan 10 Jan 2022

Top 15 species discoveries from 2021 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 21 Dec 2021

‘Tis the season’ for cold-stunned sea turtles — and their rescue — on Cape Cod

Elizabeth Devitt 6 Dec 2021

Technology and tradition team up to watch over a sacred island’s sea turtles

Ricci Shryock 19 Nov 2021

Straight outta Borneo: New gecko species just dropped

Ahmad Supardi 2 Nov 2021

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