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Marine turtles are vanishing from Viet Nam's waters and illegal trade is largely to blame says a new study.Original post by ScienceDaily: Frog and Reptile News and software by Herpedia.com...

Scientists have identified a nesting population of leatherback sea turtles in Gabon, West Africa as the world's largest. The research involved country-wide land and aerial surveys that estimated a population of between 15,730 and 41,373 female turtles using the nesting beaches. The study h...

Snake Bites On The Rise In South GeorgiaWCTVSnakes love the warmer weather, and so far bites are on the rise. 120 Georgians have been treated for snake bites since January. Andy Moseley with Animal Control in Valdosta took Eyewitness News reporter Greg Gullberg for a walk around a neighbor...

AsiaOneSnake princess bitten but never beatenAsiaOneALOR SETAR - When others comment that some of her friends are snakes, Puteri Nur Ariyan Saiful Yazan says they are, and warns that a few even bite. Despite being bitten five times, including once by a poisonous snake, the 26-year-old stil...

Turtle Nesting Season Off to Early StartWJHG-TVThe 2012 turtle nesting season seems to be getting off to an early start, as a nest has already been spotted on Panama City Beach. Turtle Watch volunteers patrolling the beach spotted a loggerhead turtle nest on the beach. About 86 eggs were i...

New Straits TimesSnake queen does it againNew Straits Times"I love snakes and they have been my favourite pets since I was little," she said at the snake exhibition at the State Museum in Lebuhraya Darulaman here. The mother of two appeared composed. She even joked about how the ...

Man airlifted after snake biteVictorville Daily PressThe man, whose name was not released, was working at ground level and likely disturbed a snake that was resting in a hole or burrow. The man suffered a bite wound to his left hand, O'Bier said. The man was airlifted from Pioneer Par...

WTSP 10 NewsLeatherback turtles released into Atlantic after rehabilitationmsnbc.com (blog)Volunteers from the South Carolina Aquarium release a rehabilitated Loggerhead Sea Turtles on Friday in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. The turtle was one of two that were rescued and nursed back to h...

Sci-Tech TodayAncient turtle was as big as small carCBS News(Livescience.com) A turtle the size of a small car once roamed what is now South America 60 million years ago, suggests its fossilized remains. Discovered in a coal mine in Colombia in 2005, the turtle was given the name Carbonemy...

Gigantic Volkswagon-Sized Turtle Fossil Found in Columbian Coal MineGather.comA huge Volkswagon-sized turtle fossil was uncovered in a Columbian coal mine in 2005 and details about the incredible find will be available in the June 2012 Journal of Systematic Paleontology. What an amazing cr...

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WTSP 10 NewsSick Sea Turtle Rescued Off Honeymoon IslandPatch.comThe juvenile green sea turtle was "gasping for air" and "struggling to swim" about 200 yards from Honeymoon Island State Park, according to the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission. It will be rehabili...