Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1st August 2012 - Over a hundred endangered reptiles confiscated in Hong Kong were flown home to the Philippines today, while the second-time offender who smuggled them, has ...

Among the reptiles seized were species globally listed Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, including the Pig-nosed turtle Carettochelys insculpta, Blue Speckled Tree Monitor Lizard ...

This release is available in German. German scientist Andre Koch from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn together with his supervisor Dr. Wolfgang Boehme and another colleague ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Facebook has emerged as a major market for trafficking in live reptiles in the Philippines, according to a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife ...

Australian zoologist Adam Britton (top) measures Lolong, a crocodile that was captured in the Philippine town of Bunawan on Mindanao in September. At 20.24 feet and weighing in at more than a ton, ...