The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, filed felony and misdemeanor charges against eight people after a multi-year investigation discovered they were illegally trafficking ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Thursday signed off on banning the sale, ownership and breeding of tegus, iguanas and other invasive reptiles that have overrun native wildlife ...

By Spoorthy Raman In undercover raids carried out in late September, Mexican authorities discovered 2,339 wild-caught turtles ...

A new report illustrates that protected reptiles and amphibians are being illegally caught in their countries of origin, but then legally traded within the European Union due to a lack of internal ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — State wildlife officials are considering tighter rules for owning venomous reptiles — or possibly banning ownership altogether. “We have had a couple of escapes of venomous ...

Conservation teams just released 10 Siamese crocodiles into Virachey National Park — the first such release in this remote wilderness area, reported Mongabay. These endangered reptiles, with fewer ...

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted Thursday on a final rule change regarding restrictions on non-native reptiles. The commission was inundated with public input — going nearly ...

BRIDGETON — Not every animal lover can visit a wildlife sanctuary, so Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge in Medford regularly sends staff and a sampling of its permanent menagerie on road trips. Two ...

Clockwise from top: (1) An Indian rat snake was rescued from near Taj Mahal. (2) Indian Flapshell Turtles were rescued from Mainpuri and released in the Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary in Agra. (3) A ...