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Giant African snails and a green Mamba are newest residents at reptile zoo in Kilkenny

The National Reptile Zoo in Kilkenny is busy getting to know their newest residents - four giant African snails and a green mamba. Visitors to the zoo may also be able to get up close and personal with the new arrivals during the Animal Encounters ...

20 Aug 2022 at 12:33

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US border officers find 52 reptiles hidden in man’s clothing

A man who tried to slither past US border agents in California had 52 lizards and snakes hidden in his clothing, authorities said. The truck driver was pulled over for an additional inspection when he arrived at the San Ysidro border crossing ...

09 Mar 2022 at 08:55

Upscale development – seven snakes left abandoned in house

The RSPCA has issued a warning over exotic pets after seven snakes were left abandoned at a house in Greater Manchester. A royal python and six corn snakes were found sheltering in a front room and an upstairs bedroom of a property in ...

03 May 2022 at 17:55

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National Reptile Zoo in Kilkenny launches nature gallery

This month the National Reptile Zoo launches “NRZ nature gallery” - a collection of artwork that showcases impressions and abstractions from nature, local ecosystems, far away ecologies and habitats that support wildlife. The ...

18 Aug 2023 at 17:33

Study describes oldest known evidence of fossilised skin

A new study describes the oldest known evidence of fossilised skin. The skin, which has a pebbled surface and most closely resembles crocodile skin, belonged to an early species of Palaeozoic reptile, 541-252 million years ...

11 Jan 2024 at 16:00

T rex’s ‘ferocious’ fangs were hidden by lizard-like lips, say scientists

Dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex have been wrongly shown in films such as Jurassic Park to have “ferocious-looking” exposed teeth, according to new research. Scientists have instead found that many predatory species ...

30 Mar 2023 at 18:00

Remains of ancient reptile found in Italian alps are mostly fake, scientists say

A 280-million-year-old reptile fossil that has puzzled researchers for decades is mostly fake, scientists have concluded. An analysis of the remnants of the creature, dubbed Tridentinosaurus antiquus, has revealed the ...

16 Feb 2024 at 05:01

Pre-historic long-necked reptiles were decapitated by their predators – study

Long-necked reptiles that lived at the same time as dinosaurs may have been decapitated by predators, fossil evidence suggests. While the marine creatures’ extremely long necks may have been an evolutionary strategy, ...

19 Jun 2023 at 16:00

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Reptile rescue group in Derry experiencing an increase in unwanted pets

A Derry man who set up a group to rescue and rehome a growing number of unwanted pet reptiles has spoken about the increase in demand in recent months. Dennis Dunn established ReptiRescueNI in 2020 after noticing ...

14 Dec 2022 at 18:33

Ireland

Alligator at Kilkenny zoo filmed stalking and lunging at camera

An alligator at a Kilkenny zoo has been caught lunging at a camera after stalking it for several days. Battle the American alligator was seen watching a Ring camera in his enclosure at the National Reptile Zoo. ...

04 Sept 2024 at 14:45

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Alligator in Kilkenny filmed stalking and lunging at camera

04 Sept 2024 at 14:33

Large ‘tail vanes’ enabled pterosaurs to take to the air, scientists announce

Pterosaurs were able to fly thanks to large sail-like “vanes” at the ends of their tails, palaeontologists have discovered. Researchers have long puzzled over how the winged reptiles – the first and largest ...

07 Jan 2025 at 12:59

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