Reptiles and Amphibians

Ad agency Allen & Gerritsen will help promote exhibit at Los Angeles Zoo

9 Feb 2012

Watertown ad agency Allen & Gerritsen said it has been selected by the Los Angeles Zoo to promote the zoo’s newest exhibit, called LAIR, as in “Living Amphibians, Insects, and Reptiles.� Plans call for the LAIR campaign to use Betty White and Slash (of Guns N’ Roses fame) as celebrity spokespeople. (Both are animal lovers with ties to the zoo, said Allen & Gerritsen.) The campaign will look to ...

Snakes and frogs aren't 'starter' pets, but they can be slithery fun

9 Feb 2012

Bearded dragon lizards might interact with owners by eating crickets out of their hands. / John Fletcher/jfletcher@citizen-times.com This is the way it usually starts: Your child spends the night with a friend who has a lizard or a snake or a turtle in a terrarium.

You Come From This Thing: The Oldest Animal Ever Discovered [Biology]

8 Feb 2012

# biology Scientists believe that this is the animal from which everything else evolved. The first multicellular being that spawned every living being in this world through billions of mutations, from fish to amphibians to reptiles to birds to mammals to you. More »