

Interested in Virginia's reptiles and amphibians? This fun new "A Look Outside" series of videos tracks a group of cub scouts as they learn about spotted salamanders, canebrake rattlesnakes, wood turtles and more!
| Brazil: Police Seize Gang?s Reptiles (New York Times) While searching for the leader of a drug gang in a poor section of Rio de Janiero, police officers found two caimans that they said were being used to intimidate the gang?s enemies. |
| Traffickers 'feed bodies to reptiles' (Adelaide Now) RIO de Janeiro police have found two caimans in a raid on one of the city's slums, saying the crocodile-like reptiles were used by drug traffickers to intimidate their enemies and dispose of bodies. |
| Rio drug police find dangerous reptiles in suspect's backyard (BBC News) Brazilian police discover two dangerous caimans in a domestic backyard while on the hunt for an alleged drug dealer. |
| Reptiles are growing in popularity (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Americans own more pet reptiles than ever before. Brian Potter, co-owner of the North American Reptile Breeders Conference trade shows, thinks he knows why. "It goes back to when you were a little kid -- everybody likes dinosaurs," he says. "You get to own little dinosaurs." |
| CANOE -- CNEWS - Canada's Web Source For News And Information (CNews) In this photo released by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a new Caledonian crested gecko uses his tongue to moisten his eye at "The World of Reptiles" in New York City's Bronx Zoo. The docile gecko has no eyelids, but the tiny points at the top of its eyes look like little eyelashes. |
