Wildlife
Crocodilians
Living with Nile Crocs
By Paul Donovan
If you like your reptiles big, they don’t come much bigger than the Nile Crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus. This behemoth of a reptile is one of the 24 representatives of the order Crocodilia,...
Snakes
Heat Pits Explained!
By Paul Donovan
The detection mechanism of prey within the snake families is predominantly achieved through the use of the tongue (via pheromones), and eyes (visually); this is a pretty standard organization, irrespective of the...
Amphibians
How Herps Navigate
By Paul Donovan
There are some questions you get asked which, on face value, you give an answer to but upon reflection later, make you wonder if you gave the correct answer. Take this one....
Amphibians
A Trip in Search of Amphibians of Botswana
By Paul Donovan
You could be forgiven for thinking that a country whose land mass is comprised of 84% of the Kalahari Desert, and is arid as a piece of sandpaper, you’d be hard pressed...
Crocodilians
Taking Out Some of the Chaos with Crocs
By Harmony Tenney
With Peter Prodromou’s Croc Muzzle Bag©, captive crocs now have less stress from transfer and medical exams!
Insight graces many of us at least once in our lives. Sometimes it comes with enough...
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Skin Colour in Nature
By Paul Donovan
Why that colour?
Colouration is used for many purposes in the animal world. For example, birds use it for courtship, where males are often vibrantly coloured, and when combined with often elaborate dances,...
Amphibians
The Red Toad – Schismaderma carens
By Paul Donovan
Frogs and toads love the rain, and as we have been having an awful lot of it over the past few weeks, it comes as no surprise that just about everywhere is...
Snakes
A Deeper Look at the Woma Python, Aspidites ramsayi
By Kasey Schultz
Whenever I am asked about my favorite species of snake, my answer is consistently the Woma Python. Not only are they physically impressive, but they are also unique from other pythons in...
