By Herp News CHURUBUSCO, Ind. – Deep beneath the murky waters of Fulk Lake, a giant turtle – a monster, they say – trolls along the muck, looking for food and avoiding humanity. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Jun 25
Jun 25
Lizard expert receives award
By Herp News A Timaru man’s efforts to research and protect lizards has received national recognition. Hermann Frank is one of six people to receive Forest and Bird’s Old Blue Award for services to conservation this year. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Ancient, cow-sized knobby lizard discovered in Africa
By Herp News The eccentric animal presided over a lonely desert some 260 million years ago, when Earth was home to a single continent, Pangaea. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Reptile with knobby head that wandered ancient Earth desert described
By Herp News SEATTLE, June 25 (UPI) — U.S. paleontologists say a bizarre reptile with knobbly growths on its head roamed a vast, isolated desert about 260 million years ago. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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New maps highlight global conservation priorities
By Herp News What region of the world has the most imperiled mammals? Where are the most bird species found? And where are new amphibians being discovered? Indonesia and Malaysia is the answer to the first question; the Amazon, the second; and the Andes, the third. A new study in the Proceedings of the National […]
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New kind of signalling mechanism in plant cells discovered
By Herp News Plants possess receptors which are similar to the glutamate receptors in the brain of humans and animals. Biochemists have discovered that these receptors do not, however, recognize the amino acid glutamate, but many other different amino acids. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Shrinking alligator penises and what they can tell us
Environmental contamination is causing some alligator populations to have difficulty reproducing. From Living Alongside Wildlife: When the sizes of penises were compared between lakes, alligators in Lake Apopka had on average 24% smaller penises than alligators in Lake Woodruff. When the time came for these juveniles to reproduce, this significant reduction in penis size made […]
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By Herp News Byline: The Lizard RNLI host moving ceremony for families remembering the loss of the coaster Ardgarry Page Content: The Lizard RNLI lifeboat station has played host to an extraordinary gathering of families who lost relatives in a shipping disaster in December 1962. Around a hundred people came together for the first time […]
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Hacienda Heights children off to see the lizard
By Herp News The Lizard Wizard visited the Hacienda Heights Library on Wedneday. The show offered a hands-on journey into the fascinating world of reptiles, amphibians and arthropods. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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