I would love to see one of these awesome creatures in the wild. Rio Grande lesser siren. Photo by Nick Stacey.

Beautiful side striped palm pit viper. Photo by Kevin Venegas

West African banded cobra. Not my pic.

Just taking my tegu for his daily walk.

This rule completely nullifies the ESA. During the public comment period, they received several hundred thousand comments with nearly all decrying the rule and begging it not be implemented, yet trump did it anyway. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

Trump, Ending Decades of Protection, Opens Wild Habitats to Drilling and Mining

The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.

nytimes.com

Namib web-footed gecko under UV

Green basilisk.

Beautiful Poecilotheria metallica.

Pinocchio anole

Beautiful gargoyle geckos produced by A&Y Geckos.

Thackery's cat snake.

You have to love that hognose smile.

Check out these baby spiders I found on my property.

The largest gecko species in the world.

Rhino rat snakes are some of the strangest, yet most beautiful snakes. No one knows what the nose protrusion is for.