By Herp News CANCÚN, Mexico — As our flight crossed over the Yucatán shoreline to approach the Cancún airport, we hardly could have known that we would have a rendezvous later that day with an inhabitant of the sea we had just flown over. Unlike people, sea turtles never wonder who they are or what […]
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Sep 11
Sep 11
Scientists discover that threatened bird migrates entirely within Amazon Basin
By Herp News When one thinks of bird migrations, it’s usually a north-south route that follows seasonal climates. But researchers in the Amazon have tracked, for the first time, a largely-unknown long-distance migration going east-west that sticks entirely to the Amazon Basin. Using satellite telemetry, scientists tracked a male Orinoco goose (Neochen jubata) from the […]
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600 vultures killed by elephant poachers in Namibia
By Herp News As the illegal poaching of African elephants and rhinos reaches epidemic levels, other species are also suffering catastrophic losses as a direct result of poachers’ behavior. A recent incident in July, where a poisoned elephant carcass led to the death of 600 vultures near Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park, has highlighted how poachers’ […]
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Madagascar big-headed turtle babies hatch at Houston Zoo
Congratulations to the Houston Zoo for their third clutch of Madagascar big-headed turtle babies to hatch — another landmark in the first time this species has reproduced in an institution accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Check out more photos of the babies on the Houston Zoo’s blog! …read more Read more here: […]
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