Luke Yeomans, 47, kept a collection of 20 adult and four juvenile cobras in a compound behind his house in the village of Eastwood, in Nottinghamshire, and had been planning to open it to the public this weekend to educate people about what he called an amazing species. Leer más.

Police in Ipswich have warned parents to keep their children and pets indoors after a seven-and-a-half foot long «hungry and unfriendly» Boa Constrictor escaped. Leer más.

Un processó formada per unes 150 tortugues ha obligat a tancar una de les pistes d’aterratge de l’aeroport internacional John F. Kennedy de Nova York i ha provocat retards de més de 30 minuts en una desena de vols aquest dimecres. Les invasions d’aquests animals en aquesta infraestructura de Nova York, però, són un fenomen habitual que té lloc cada estiu. Leer más.

El Parque Natural de las Hoces del río Riaza (Segovia) es el escenario escogido para el proyecto de recuperación de anfibios que WWF lleva a cabo con la colaboración de Obra Social de Catalunya Caixa. El primer paso ha sido la restauración de una charca en el entorno del Refugio, gracias a la colaboración de una veintena de voluntarios. Leer más.

A team of researchers investigated a desert tortoise from the United States Southwest and northwestern Mexico. What was thought to be a simple problem in species identification turned out to be a very complex matter. Their investigations required forensic genetics and several other methods. In the end, they found it necessary to describe a new species. More than that, the discovery has very important implications for conservation and the development of the deserts of southern California. Leer más.