We're just as honored as she is! My Frog Blog creator Catherine Shanahan is on hand to give us the lowdown on thoe slimy little sweethearts! Hi EveryoneFirstly, I want to say thank you very much to Ava for inviting me to do a guest post for her website. I am so honored to be asked to do this and...
You've heard of dog rescuers, cat rescuers, even fish and marine life. But snakes? Well, most of you reptile enthusiasts know it to be true and so does Jody, a Northern California resident who's a former member of a team that performs snake rescues for the Wildlife Center in Arroyo Seco, New Mexico. But don't call him merely...
As he finds his way through the bushes on the desert in Abu Dhabi, one may wonder what Garry Minks is doing. He is actually trying to catch a cobra – a wounded king cobra. Garry is a volunteer of Endangered Species International, a non-profit organization focused on protecting endangered species – including reptiles and amphibians. On a typical day, Garry...
It is now more than forty days after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and they still have not stopped the leak. I can’t even remember all of the things they have tried or thought about trying…booms, setting it on fire, top hat, top kill, junk shot, and now the latest - the deployment of the Lower Marine Riser Package...
About five years ago I was walking a dirt road between an old field to my right and pine/oak woods to my left when I spotted a six-foot beast of a black rat snake (Pantherophis obsoleta) exploring the fallen half of a split cherry tree. I clumsily detained it for a couple photos, and then I let it go. It...
Like most of us who have joined this forum, Dusty Rhodes has always had a lifelong enthusiasm for reptiles. He kept many species of reptiles and amphibians when he was young and hatched a Leopard Gecko when he was 15. He always wanted to study them and keeping them in his home was an easy way to do so. So...