By Herp News Last Saturday, an oil pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Canada ruptured in Mayflower, Arkansas spilling between 3,500-5,000 barrels of crude (at most 210,000 gallons) into neighborhood streets and lawns. Families from 22 homes have been evacuated while clean-up crews have scrambled to contain the spill. ExxonMobil, which runs the 65-year-old Pegasus […]

By Herp News Last Saturday, an oil pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Canada ruptured in Mayflower, Arkansas spilling between 3,500-5,000 barrels of crude (at most 210,000 gallons) into neighborhood streets and lawns. Families from 22 homes have been evacuated while clean-up crews have scrambled to contain the spill. ExxonMobil, which runs the 65-year-old Pegasus […]

By Herp News WWF-Indonesia recently caught the attention of the global media with their announcement that the Sumatran rhinoceros still exists in Indonesian Borneo, some 40 years after being declared extinct there. This sounds like great news for biodiversity conservation. But is it really? Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

By Herp News WWF-Indonesia recently caught the attention of the global media with their announcement that the Sumatran rhinoceros still exists in Indonesian Borneo, some 40 years after being declared extinct there. This sounds like great news for biodiversity conservation. But is it really? Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

By Herp News WWF-Indonesia recently caught the attention of the global media with their announcement that the Sumatran rhinoceros still exists in Indonesian Borneo, some 40 years after being declared extinct there. This sounds like great news for biodiversity conservation. But is it really? Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

By Herp News Described by a number of media outlets as “the size of your face” a new tree-dwelling tarantula discovered in Sri Lanka has awed arachnophiliacs and terrified arachnophobes alike. But the new species, named Raja’s tiger spider (Poecilotheria rajaei), is likely Critically Endangered according to the scientist that discovered it in northern Sri […]

By Herp News Described by a number of media outlets as “the size of your face” a new tree-dwelling tarantula discovered in Sri Lanka has awed arachnophiliacs and terrified arachnophobes alike. But the new species, named Raja’s tiger spider (Poecilotheria rajaei), is likely Critically Endangered according to the scientist that discovered it in northern Sri […]

By Herp News An accused reptile thief is due in court Thursday. Detectives say 21-year-old Devin Madej broke into Fresno’s Discovery Center and smashed up glass cases to steal multiple snakes and other reptiles . Since the break-in, the museum is beefing up their security.  The center already had a video surveillance system, which recorded […]

By Herp News The turtle species Pelusios seychellensis regarded hitherto as extinct never existed. Scientists discovered this based on genetic evidence. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

I am the master of all I see. It’s a pretty huge place. I like my leaves I like my rocks My staff occasionally add things What is this? This is too small. This one is great! Someone clean my pool! I do this a lot. This is an awesome slide! I used this as […]

By Herp News In a report released Tuesday, Public Policy Polling looked at conspiracy theories on a variety of issues. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Byline: The Lizard RNLI launch to channel collision Page Content: The Lizard RNLI lifeboat was launched at lunchtime today, Wednesday 18 March 2009) to assist a French yacht, feared sinking following a collision with a merchant vessel. Fortunately the incident was not as critical as first thought and the lifeboat was soon […]

By Herp News PARIS, France – A Seychelles freshwater turtle species declared extinct after decades of futile searches, in fact never existed, scientists said Thursday, April 4. While Man has the extinction of several turtle and tortoise species on his conscience, DNA evidence has now cleared him of exterminating Pelusios seychellensis, a team from … […]

By Herp News Turtle extinction is a serious crisis, with approximately half of around 328 species at risk of becoming extinct. In Asia, around 75 percent of freshwater turtle species are threatened or endangered. However, a German team from Senckenberg Research Institute in Dresden reported today that one species of supposedly extinct turtle never existed […]

By Herp News Local youngsters got an opportunity to get up close and personal with some slithery creatures last week when the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall hosted a session with Mike’s Critters. The mall is running children’s programs every weekday during the two weeks of Spring Break. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

Usually when the words “endangered wildlife” and “smuggling” get used in a headline, the story is set in some exotic tropical location. Not this time. From Syracuse.com: A North Country woman who smuggled more than 200 turtles, alligators, iguanas and other wildlife into Canada pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Syracuse. The endangered and […]

By Herp News Scientists have decoded the genome of the western painted turtle , one of the most abundant turtles on Earth, finding clues to their longevity and ability to survive without oxygen during long winters spent hibernating in ice-covered ponds. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]

By Herp News Early on a Sunday morning last summer, the villagers of Epulu awoke to the sounds of shots and screaming. In the eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, that can often mean another round of violence and ethnic murder is under way. In this case, however, something even more horrific […]

By Herp News Sprinkled with pollen, buzzing bees fly from one blossom to another, collecting sweet nectar from brilliantly colored flowers. Bees tend to symbolize the pollination process, but there are many wild insects that carry out the same function. Unfortunately, wild insect populations are in decline, and, according to a recent study, adding more […]

By Herp News Byline: Credit Crunch? not at The Lizard RNLI’s SOS Day events! Page Content: The Lizard Lifeboat station’s fundraising group has raised over £1,600 for the RNLI’s biggest annual fundraising day. Known nationally as SOS day, Friday 30 January was a great way for everyone to have some fun, whilst raising funds to […]

By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors today announced the introduction of the Tortoise North American Energy Independence Fund, an open-end mutual fund that invests primarily in equity securit Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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

By Herp News Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. today announced that as of March 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $236.6 million an Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of March 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $412.0 million and its unaudi Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Small coastal fisheries are having an outsize impact on sea turtle populations, a new study finds. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Reports unaudited net asset value $1.3B, or $27.79 per share as of March 31. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of March 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.9 billion and its unaudited net asset valu Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. today announced that as of March 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.0 billion and its unaudited net asse Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. today announced that as of March 31, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.0 billion and its unaudited n Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Small coastal fisheries are having an outsize impact on sea turtle populations, a new study finds. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Scientists may have found a reliable method of monitoring populations of threatened reptiles and amphibians, using a technique once thought limited to the tracking of warm-blooded species. From Science Live: Camera traps are frequently used to take pictures and monitor populations of large mammals like tigers and leopards, but until now, they haven’t been used […]

By Herp News 2013 Turtle Trot 5K:Race packets include official Lovers Key Turtle Trot 5K t-shirt, official race number, course map, and general instructions. Proceeds benefit The Friends of Lovers Key, Inc – (A 501(c)(3) Citizen Support Org.) $25 by 5/5/12 $30 after Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]