By Herp News In the next few months, the beating of fragile fiery orange and black wings will transport the monarch butterfly south. But the number of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) reaching their final destination has steadily declined, dropping to its lowest level in two decades last winter, according to a recent survey. Go to […]

By Herp News “Gone are the tiger-filled days when Corbett, as a small boy wandering the jungles of Nepal in the 1880s, peeped over a plum bush that heaved as a tiger walked out on the far side.” Adele Conover, in the Smithsonian magazine. Even as recently as the 1930s, 40,000 tigers roamed the forests […]

By Herp News Fences are not the answer to the decline in Africa’s lions, according to a new paper in Ecology Letters. The new research directly counters an earlier controversial study that argued keeping lions fenced-in would be cheaper and more effective in saving the big cats. African lion (Panthera leo) populations across the continent […]

By Herp News Let’s go back some 14,000 years (or up to 50,000 depending on who you talk to), since this is the first time humans encountered the meandering, seemingly endless river system of the Amazon. Certainly, the world’s first Amazonians would have been astounded by the giant beasts of the region, including ground sloths […]

By Herp News When a giant tortoise named Lonesome George died, his kind, the Pinta Island tortoises of the Galapagos, suffered the same fate as the unfortunate dodo bird: Both bird and tortoise were wiped off their island homes and into extinction. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon […]

By Herp News Written by Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle, with illustrations by Catherine Hamilton, The Warbler Guide by Princeton University Press is the “go-to” guide for identifying the 56 species of warblers in the United States and Canada. Warblers are notoriously difficult to identify. These champion singers are small, hidden amongst the tree top […]

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By Herp News Keepers at a NSW reptile park are “devastated” after thieves broke in and stole 23 exotic animals, including an alligator, snakes and dragons. read more Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Staff at the Australian Reptile Park fear that 23 animals stolen overnight may not survive away from the specialised care of their keepers. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Jake Jachna of Ocala asked what to do if a gopher tortoise is seen on the road, which raised a bigger question about other animals encountered by motorists. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News NSW police searching for 23 reptiles, including an alligator, stolen from the Somersby reptile park. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links