Family Picks: Welcome back our cold-blooded neighbors
Every spring and summer, without fail, a frog or a lizard of some sort gets into the house at least once. Usually, we get it back outside before the cats spot it, but it’s been a reliable learning...
View ArticleRattlesnake repertoire boosts snake-like robot's skills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - How do you make a better snake robot? You study snakes, of course. Researchers on Thursday said they conducted experiments to learn precisely how sidewinder rattlesnakes are able...
View ArticlePythons, caiman among reptiles seized from Gatineau home
Gatineau police have turned a number of reptiles over to a local zoo after they were seized from an east-end home Thursday morning. Police and animal control officers searched a home on rue Hupé around...
View ArticleTV’s snake-handling pastor dies from snake bite
MIDDLESBORO, Ky. — A snake-handling pastor who appeared on the National Geographic television reality show “Snake Salvation” has died after being bitten by a snake during a weekend church service in...
View ArticleCouncil officers face snakes on routine dog visit (Basildon District Council)
(Source: Basildon District Council) Two council officers got more than they bargained for on a routine visit when they discovered three venomous snakes being kept without the relevant licences. Animal...
View ArticleSnakes on a farm: Despite the bites, Kentucky Reptile Zoo owners offers...
SLADE — Jim Harrison does not blame the snake that bit him. Harrison, who with his wife Kristen operates the Kentucky Reptile Zoo and Venom Sales in a sprawling complex of buildings near Natural...
View ArticleEarly entertainment calendar
Thursday Sterling Chamber Players The program will feature works by Mendelssohn and Schoefield. 8 p.m.-midnight Thursday at Senate’s End,...
View ArticleTeen on mission to give snakes a better name
Fourteen-year-old Spencer Jordan’s young audience offered a mixture of silence and excited chatter as he pulled one reptile after another from his home-grown animal kingdom. “We’re going to start with...
View ArticleSerpent handler-TV star has a new cause: religious liberty
A Tennessee pastor’s dangerous spiritual practices made him a star of a reality TV series. Now they may make him a religious liberty crusader. Officials from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency...
View ArticleZoo's new exhibit will make even the squeamish love reptiles
Zoo Atlanta's immersive new experience gives children and adults an up-close and interactive look at nearly 100 snakes, turtles, lizards, frogs, salamanders and more in stunning settings. Before...
View ArticleResearchers study snakes to build a better snake robot
WASHINGTON – How do you make a better snake robot? You study snakes, of course. Researchers on Thursday said they conducted experiments to learn precisely how sidewinder rattlesnakes are able to climb...
View ArticleRepticon brings creepy-crawly to town
Got the creepy-crawlies? The Repticon expo does, and it's returning to the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds Nov. 16-17. (The Denver Post |...
View ArticleCommunity calendar for March 3
MONDAY RICHLAND 101: A free course on the basics of Richland County government will meet 6-8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, March 3-27. Classes will cover a range of subjects to give attendees insight...
View ArticleProposal to ban “gassing” of rattlesnakes in Texas ignites backlash in...
State wildlife officials are circling Texas seeking public views on banning the controversial but 6-decade-old use of gasoline fumes to drive hated rattlesnakes out of cracks, crevices and sinkholes,...
View ArticleColumbia entertainment calendar, July 11-17
Friday, July 11 Columbia’s Summer Movie Series continues with “Rise of the Guardians,” 8:30 p.m. Friday at Riverfront Park, 312 Laurel St. Come early at 7 p.m. for face painting, games, surprises and...
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Friday, March 7 You don’t have to be Irish to participate in the St. Pat’s in Five Points Kickoff, 5-7 p.m. Friday at the fountain (Harden and Greene streets). Children can help with the traditional...
View ArticleHer name is Edna, and snakes are her game
EVANT — In May the phone rang at Edna McDonald’s Central Texas home. The caller, a man named Jamie Coots, said he heard Edna might have live rattlesnakes for sale and, if so, he was eager to buy them....
View ArticleWith blog carnival, Utah State snake buff hopes to repair reptiles’ rep
While they coil up in dark winter lairs, barely alive by most measures, Andrew Durso works to ensure snakes get a fair shake. The Utah State graduate student and seven other herpetology buffs are...
View ArticleSuffolk police, SPCA volunteers take reptile handling seminar
Videos Suffolk SPCA hosts dangerous reptile training class Galleries Men and women who routinely see the worst of the animal world -- from the dangerous to the abused -- squealed and cringed Saturday...
View ArticleFred Grimm: Breeders’ lawsuit over reptile ban doesn’t have merit
Exotic-reptile dealers are fighting it out in federal court with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which put the squeeze on the sale and import of four kinds of giant constrictors. In a lawsuit laden...
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