The smallest chameleon in the world (Brookesia micra) is so tiny it can sit on the head of a match! It's so adorable! Click on the link below to read about it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/tiniest-chameleon-madagascar-brookesia-micra_n_1280151.html
Click on the link below to read how snakes evolved and are closer related to monitor lizards than legless lizards.
Lizard fossil provides missing link to show body shapes of snakes and limbless lizards evolved independently
A WIN for the turtles! Yay! Click on the link below to read about it.
Turtles win greater protection at CITES meeting
Chameleon awesomeness! Click on the link below to learn about how Madagascar's chameleons came from Africa years ago.
Madagascar's chameleons came from African mainland
Reptile smuggling is a serious threat to reptiles. For those of you who do not know, reptile smuggling is only second to drug smuggling worldwide. It's really sad that there are people who don't care that they are wiping out populations of wild reptiles. The only thing they care about is money:(
Take some time and click on the link to read about a smuggler who got caught. Yea for the tortoises! I hope they live long enough to be relocated back to where they came from.
Over ten percent of a species' total population found in smuggler's bag
How cool is this!? Click on the link below and check it out!
First Prehistoric Pregnant Turtle And Nest Of Eggs Discovered In Southern Alberta
Click on the link below to learn how snake venom might one day be used in human medicine.
Biting back: Snake venom contains toxic clotting factors
OMG, click on the link below and learn about male frogs who fertilize the eggs of dead females!
In tiny Amazon frogs, males observed extracting oocytes from females killed in mating struggles
Click on the link below to learn about this cool fossil turtle!
Giant fossil turtle from Colombia round like car tire
Click on the link below to learn about endangered turtles.
New report lists 25 most endangered turtle species; Some turtle species number less than 5 individuals
Click on the link below to learn about how turtles evolve.
Getting under the shell of the turtle genome
Click on the link below to learn about this pressing issue....
Slithering towards extinction: Reptiles in trouble
Click on the link below to learn how satellites help conservationists find suitable habitats for threatened species.
Satellite images help species conservation
parthenogenesis [pahr″thĕ-no-jen´ĕ-sis]
You MUST watch this fantastic video of a flying snake trying to capture a flying dragon lizard.
Click on the link below to learn about these awesome giants!
Galápagos Tortoises: Slow and Steady Migrators
They don't cover thousands of miles, but Galápagos tortoises do migrate, study finds.
Click on the link below and learn how researchers want to build a captive population of endangered limosa harlequin frogs.
Endangered Frogs Get Helping Hand
Click on the link and learn about this beautiful lizard
Colorful New Lizard Identified in Vietnam
Lizard was previously confused with another species, study says.
Click on the link below and learn about this cool new species
"Fantastic" New Flying Frog Found—Has Flapp
Huge new frog discovered not far from Vietnamese metropolis, study says.
Click on the link below and check out this article
Crayfish Harbor Fungus That’s Wiping Out Amphibians
Freshwater crustaceans could be the key to understanding how the chytrid fungus persists in the ecosystem long after the last amphibian is gone.
Check out this article about Komodo dragons, the largest lizards in the world.
Komodo Dragons, Komodo Dragon Pictures, Komodo Dragon Facts - National Geographic
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