By Herp News A photo taken by a Brooklyn resident shows a roughly three-foot lizard in the backyard. It may be a monitor lizard, but animal experts have not been able to see it in the flesh to identify it. It showed up in the backyard of a townhouse on Osborne Street. Go to Source […]
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Aug 13
Aug 13
Rhino slaughtered for its horn in city park
By Herp News In another sign that the rhino poaching crisis has gone out-of-control, Kenyan officials announced late last night that a pregnant rhino was poached in Nairobi National Park, which sits on the edge of Kenya’s capital. Home to lions, leopard, giraffes and hippos in addition to rhinos, the park is known for its […]
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Forest fragmentation leading to higher extinction rates
By Herp News The world’s species are in worse trouble than widely-assumed, according to a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), which reevaluates how scientists estimate extinction rates. The new model takes into account the impact of forest fragmentation on extinction rates for the first time, filling in a […]
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Premier Business Centers to Open at Two Turtle Creek in the Highland Park / Uptown / Turtle Creek Area
By Herp News Irvine, California based Premier Business Centers , the largest privately owned executive suite and alternative workspace operation, has entered into a Lease Agreement with the TC PROPCO II, LP to operate an executive suite in the Two Turtle Creek Village. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]
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Every herper's favorite cop
A Florida police officer saw some baby sea turtles in trouble, and decided to give them a hand. From Yahoo News: Sarasota Officer Derek Conley was on patrol at 1 a.m. Saturday when he saw sea turtle hatchlings crawling toward the front door of the Lido Beach Resort. A passerby also told Conley that several […]
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Reptile exhibit called important education
By Herp News A regular attraction at Charlottetown's Old Home Week is the source of extra discussion this year following a tragedy that saw two boys killed by an African rock python in New Brunswick. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Germans hunt snapping turtle after reported attack on boy
By Herp News Authorities have drained a lake in southern Germany to search for a turtle, after an eight-year-old boy's ankle was bitten while he was swimming last week. The boy's Achilles tendon was cut through twice, and the risk of another attack has made the search urgent. Go to Source …read more Read more […]
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Tortoise Energy Capital Fund's Series C Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares Goes Ex-Dividend Soon
By Herp News On 8/13/13, Tortoise Energy Capital Fund's 3.95% Series C Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares (NYSE: TYY.PRC) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.0329, payable on 9/3/13. As a percentage of TYY.PRC's recent share price of $10.18, this dividend works out to approximately 0.32%. On an annualized basis, the current yield is […]
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