By Herp News Drawing from her personal experience as a primate educator and the challenges she saw others facing, Amy Clanin envisioned a network that would advance the field of primate conservation education by addressing three needs of educators: connections, resources, and services. It was this vision that led her to create the Primate Education […]
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May 21
May 21
A 'worm snake,' you say?
For a little over two years in the 1970s, Patti and I left Florida and spent three years in Massachusetts. During that time the venerable Massachusetts Herpetological Society was active and well, and the monthly meetings were a joy to attend. At the society meetings I met Tom Tyning, a herpetologist who is now a […]
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Scientists call amphibian extinction rate 'terrifying'
A just-published map of the world’s most endangered species of mammals and amphibians shows that very little of the habitat critical to these species’ survival is being protected. From the BBC: Amphibians are suffering a “terrifying” rate of extinction say the researchers, making them the most threatened vertebrates in the world. The Mexican salamander or […]
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ANN ARBOR:Couple’s low-profile Great Lakes Zoological Society promises ‘world of discovery’ for visitors
By Herp News What started out as a small reptile rescue run out of a local couple’s home has bloomed into the Great Lakes Zoological Society’s “World of Discovery” center, an indoor amphibian and reptile zoo of about 100 animals, located just west of Ann Arbor. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]
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Scientists surprised by identity of marine reptile fossil found in Iraq
Scientists studying a fossil fond in Iraq in the 1950s were surprised to find it was that of a marine reptile dating back 66 million years, long after the time this group of animals was thought to have become extinct. From Science Live: Ichythyosaurs were dolphin-shaped swimming reptiles that gave birth to live young. They […]
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ANN ARBOR:Couple’s low-profile Great Lakes Zoological Society promises ‘world of discovery’ for visitors
By Herp News What started out as a small reptile rescue run out of a local couple’s home has bloomed into the Great Lakes Zoological Society’s “World of Discovery” center, an indoor amphibian and reptile zoo of about 100 animals, located just west of Ann Arbor. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]
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Poaching hits sea turtle eggs
By Herp News Besides being beautiful, Costa Rica's beaches are the nesting sites of four endangered sea turtle species, which return each year to lay their eggs. But there is trouble in paradise for these reptiles, namely, from egg thieves. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Mice and lizard return after a month in space
By Herp News Washington, May 20 : A Russian capsule, which had mice and lizards as its occupants, returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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