By Herp News As the weather continues to warm up more and more some of my scaly friends have begun to show up around the office.Just today a lizard that darted away from the desk I was walking towards surprised me… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]
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May 14
May 14
Industrialized fishing has forced seabirds to change what they eat
By Herp News The bleached bones of seabirds are telling us a new story about the far-reaching impacts of industrial fisheries on today’s oceans. Looking at the isotopes of 250 bones from Hawaiian petrels (Pterodroma sandwichensis), scientists have been able to reconstruct the birds’ diets over the last 3,000 years. They found an unmistakable shift […]
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Barkers and a balmy April night
“Toonk, toonk, toonk, toonk.” During a warm downpour I stood on the back porch for a few minutes listening and reveling at the sound. The hollow “toonks” of H. gratiosa, the barking treefrog, were unmistakable. It was the third year I had heard this small chorus of the southeast’s largest native treefrog while standing on […]
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Five percent of ploughshare tortoise population perishes after botched smuggling attempt
By Herp News In March, two people were caught attempting to smuggle 54 ploughshare tortoises (Astrochelys yniphora) into Thailand. Listed as Critically Endangered, the tortoises’ wild population is down to approximately 400-500 animals in its native Madagascar, meaning the smugglers were attempting to move over 10 percent of the total population. Now, the Scientific American […]
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Flying Lizard Motorsports finishes 8th and 9th in challenging Monterey race
By Herp News After a solid qualifying effort, Flying Lizard faced a long, uphill battle during the 4-hour American Le Mans Series race, including multiple incidents with other cars and significant damage to the No. 44 and No. 45 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. … Keep reading Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]
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Missing teeth? Alligators may help you find them
Dentists soon may be feeling a pinch in their profits, courtesy of lessons learned from alligator jaws. From the UK’s Daily Mail: To uncover the chemical mechanisms of tooth renewal Professor Cheng-Ming Chuong and colleagues studied repetitive tooth formation in American alligators. Most vertebrates can renew teeth throughout their lives whereas humans’ are naturally replaced […]
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Disabled turtle to get dive suit
By Herp News A sea turtle with a damaged spine is being kitted out with its own dive-belt to help it swim underwater. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle Beach partners with Twitch
By Herp News Gaming headset titan Turtle Beach has joined forces with video platform Twitch to become its official audio partner, providing kit for its eSports events. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Herp Photo of the Day: Eastern Red Spotted Newt!
This image of an Eastern Red Spotted Newt, uploaded by kingsnake.com user DeanAlessandrini, is our herp photo of the day! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle Beach Designated As Twitch's Official Audio Partner
By Herp News SAN FRANCISCO and VALHALLA, N.Y., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Twitch , the world's leading video platform and community for gamers, and Turtle Beach , leading audio brand in games, today announce an … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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