McNeese State University will host the 23rd Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group May 26-30. The CSG is an international association of biologists, wildlife managers, researchers and professionals actively involved in the conservation of the world’s 23 living species of alligators, crocodiles, caimans and gharial in the wild. Leer más.

A species of snake that was thought to have gone missing for nearly 80 years — or never to have existed in the first place — has been found. Leer más.

Nearly a hundred exotic animals, including 55 tortoises, 30 lizards and an iguana, have been seized at Frankfurt Airport by custom officials, the German news site, The local, has reported.  They were found in a suitcase belonging to a Mexican man, who was travelling from Mexico City to Barcelona via Frankfurt.  Leer más.

Short-nosed (Aipysurus apraefrontalis) and Leaf-scaled (A. foliosquama) sea snakes are restricted to coral reefs in Western Australia. Both species are known from Ashmore and Hibernia Reefs, while the Short-nosed has occasionally been found between Exmouth and Broome. As closest relatives, they are both around 80 centimetres long and are banded purplish-brown. They are distinguished by the size and shape of their heads – hence their common names. Leer más.