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‘Race against time’: Saving the snakes and lizards of Brazil’s Cerrado

Sharon Guynup 2 Feb 2021

Top 15 species discoveries from 2020 (Photos)

Liz Kimbrough 28 Dec 2020
Pit Viper in striking mode. The 'mountain fer-de-lance' is a new species of pit viper that was discovered on the Zongo RAP survey. It has since been described as Bothrops monsignifer. Bothrops is a genus of pit vipers endemic to Central and South America. The generic name, Bothrops, is derived from the Greek words βόθρος, bothros, meaning "pit", and ώπς, ops, meaning "eye" or "face", together an allusion to the heat-sensitive loreal pit organs.

[Photos] Tiny frog, venomous viper among 20 new species described in Bolivia

Liz Kimbrough 14 Dec 2020

Tradable by default: Reptile trafficking flourishes amid lack of protection

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Oct 2020

Prized as pets, are ball pythons being traded out of wild existence?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 29 May 2020

One point for Slytherin: New Indian pit viper named after Harry Potter character

Liz Kimbrough 29 Apr 2020

‘Just incredible’ reptiles and amphibians of South Africa: Q&A with Tyrone Ping

Erik Hoffner 16 Mar 2020

‘Fantastic grandmothers’ snorkel, help uncover large sea snake population

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2019

This toad from central Africa impersonates a deadly viper to avoid predators

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2019

Legal and illegal trade negatively impacting survival and wellbeing of Africa’s wildlife: Report

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2019

An ill-deserved reputation threatens Sri Lanka’s ‘secretive snake’

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 28 Jun 2019

Exotic pet trade responsible for hundreds of invasive species around the globe

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2019
A venomous snake in the DRC. Photo by Hugh Kinsella Cunningham.

Congo’s hidden crisis: Snakebites and envenomation

Hugh Kinsella Cunningham 5 Jun 2019

Reptile haven of Sri Lanka yields up new species of rough-sided snake

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 11 May 2019

Meet the new species of venomous pit viper described from India

Shreya Dasgupta 9 May 2019

‘To save a forest you have to destroy a nicer one’: U.S. Marines target forest in Guam

Nina Finley 8 May 2019

‘Judas’ snakes lead scientists on a high-tech Easter egg hunt for pythons

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 24 Apr 2019

Photos: What are vipers?

Kevin Torregrosa 8 Apr 2019

180 years of herps: Q&A with Luis Ceríaco on Angola’s atlas of life

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Mar 2019

In a predator-infested forest, survival for baby birds comes by the road

John Cannon 21 Feb 2019

Photos: Top 10 new species of 2018

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Dec 2018

Photos: Here are the winners of the 2018 British Ecological Society photo contest

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2018

Guam’s invasive bird-destroying snake less unique than thought

Helen Santoro 3 Dec 2018

Africa’s biggest cobra is five species, not one, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Aug 2018

New species of venomous snake discovered by accident in Australia

Mongabay.com 17 Jul 2018

Scientists find new snail-eating snakes, auction naming rights to save them

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Jun 2018
Able to stay underwater for up to three days, the Mary river turtle (Elusor macrurus) uses specialized breathing organs in its cloaca. Photo by: Chris Van Wyk courtesy of ZSL.

List of 100 most unique and endangered reptiles released

Liz Kimbrough 11 Apr 2018

The toughest snake on Earth lives in central Africa and eats baby rodents

Alex Fox 19 Dec 2017

Study maps out reptiles’ ranges, completing the ‘atlas of life’

Mongabay.com 17 Oct 2017

2 new reptiles discovered in Sumatra

Reza Septian 27 Jun 2017
Mt. Kenya Bush Viper, aka Ashe’s Viper (Atheris desaixi). Photo courtesy of CITES.

Kenya cracks down on illegal trade in rare and venomous vipers

Gitonga Njeru 16 May 2017

Reptiles being sold openly and illegally in Moroccan markets

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Apr 2017

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