By Herp News Zoo Atlanta officials are looking to build a new facility to house its amphibian and reptile complex. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Apr 02
Apr 02
Companions: Creating the proper environment for your reptile
By Herp News On a recent canyoneering trip to southern Utah, I saw several small, healthy-looking lizards darting along the canyon walls. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Sumatran rhino found in Kalimantan after unseen in region for 20 years
By Herp News Conservationists working to save the Sumatran rhino—one of the world’s most imperiled mammals—heard good news this week as WWF-Indonesia has found evidence of at least one Sumatran rhino persisting in the Indonesian state of Kalimantan, located on the island of Borneo. Small populations of Sumatran rhinos (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) survive on Sumatra and […]
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Scientist at Work Blog: A Beach Vacation, Lizard -Style
By Herp News When the research pushes you there, you hit the sand. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Proposed coal plant threatens Critically Endangered Philippine cockatoo
By Herp News One kilometer off the Philippine island of Palawan lays the Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary; here forest grows unimpeded from a coral island surrounded by mangroves and coral reefs. Although tiny, over a hundred bird species have been recorded on the island along with a major population of large flying foxes, while in […]
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Geckos may help scientists develop underwater adhesives
A new gecko study from the University of Akron in Ohio may help scientists develop an underwater adhesive. From National Geographic: To examine a gecko’s cling, [study leader Alyssa] Stark and colleagues put harnesses on six tokay geckos (Gekko gecko) and put them on four surfaces which varied in their wettability, or their degree of […]
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Zoo Atlanta looks to build new reptile complex
By Herp News ATLANTA (AP) — Zoo Atlanta officials are looking to build a new facility to house its amphibian and reptile complex. Keisha Hines, Zoo Atlanta spokeswoman, says zoo officials have filed a building permit application with the City of Atlanta to move forward on a new complex to replace the existing World of […]
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Tortoise North American Energy Corp. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update as …
By Herp News Tortoise North American Energy Corp. today announced that as of March 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $258.5 million and its unaudited Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update as …
By Herp News Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. today announced that as of March 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $382.1 million and its unau Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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