By Herp News The Count Branickii’s terrible mouse, the Chacoan fairy armadillo, and the more familiar jaguar are among 116 species of medium to large mammals whose distribution in Bolivia is documented in a new database put together by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]
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Jul 23
Jul 23
Snake bites penis
It’s not often the Daily Mail and Gawker both pick up a story about a snake, but this one — from the “you can’t make this stuff up” category — took the prize. As reported in the Times of Israel: According to a Channel 10 report, the man, a resident of central Israel, paid his […]
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First ever pangolin conference concludes all eight species in trouble
By Herp News Demand for scales, meat, and even fetuses of pangolins have pushed all eight species of this unique mammalian order—Pholidota—toward extinction, according to the world’s first ever pangolin conference with the International Union for Conservation of Nature – Species Survival Commission (IUCN-SSC) Pangolin Specialist Group. Meeting in Singapore earlier this month, 40 conservationists […]
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No sweat: elephants living with people aren’t stressed
By Herp News Nature preserves, wildlife sanctuaries, national forests, parks, grasslands and protected areas are the cornerstones of conservation. These are the wild places where animals can still dwell, grow, and reproduce in their natural environment without any human-caused stressors. While many of these special places have facilitated leaps and bounds for wildlife conservation, the […]
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2 Face Rat, Reptile Cruelty Charges
By Herp News Prosecutors bring cruelty animal charges against 2 men at rodent, reptile breeding facility Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Another lizard found in a midday meal, this time in Haryana
By Herp News The string of midday meal tragedies continue as a dead lizard was found in the midday meal here on Monday, prior to consumption by the students of a government school. The students complained that it Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Hunting, logging could threaten long-term health of Congo forests by wiping out key animals
By Herp News Unsustainable hunting of forest elephants, gorillas, forest antelopes, and other seed-dispersers could have long-term impacts on the health and resilience of Congo Basin rainforests, warns a study published today in a special issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B. Conducting a review of more than 160 papers and […]
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