By Herp News Loggerhead turtles use visual cues to find gelatinous prey to snack on as they swim in open waters, according to new research. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Jun 12
Jun 12
Tigers, orangutans, rhinos: Sumatra’s big mammals on the edge of extinction
By Herp News Karman Lubis’s body was found near where he had been working on a Sumatran rubber plantation. His head was found several days later a mile away and they still haven’t found his right hand. He had been mauled by a Sumatran tiger that has been living in Batang Gadis National Park and […]
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Bird extravaganza: scientists discover 15 new species of birds in the Amazon
By Herp News From 2000-2009, scientists described on average seven new bird species worldwide every year. Discovering a new bird is one of the least common of any species group, given that birds are highly visible, mobile, and have been scrutinized for centuries by passionate ornithologists and birders. But descriptions this year already blows away […]
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Featured video: gorgeous golden takin caught on camera trap
By Herp News The takin (Budorcas taxicolor) is a goat-antelope species that lives in the Himalayan Mountains. Takins are social bovines and are often spotted traveling in packs of 15 or more. Packs tend to be composed of female takins as the male takin is largely solitary outside of the summer rutting season. The takin […]
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Reward offered in brutal turtle beating in Wisconsin
The Global Conservation Group is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the fatal beating of a snapping turtle at the Delbrook Golf Course in Delavan, Wisc., on June 10 between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. The female turtle, looking for a place to […]
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Mysterious fungus striking snakes in Tennessee
A fungus that has killed snakes in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Illinois has been identified in timber rattlesnakes in Tennessee. From Nashville NPR: Infected snakes have been located in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Illinois has seen multiple fatalities over the last several years in a threatened snake species – the eastern massasuaga. While the total […]
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