By Herp News During a routine Amur tiger survey with remote camera traps in December 2011, a few photos gave biologists a shock when they revealed the stunning sight of a golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) launching itself on the back of a 7-month old sika deer (Cervus nippon) and bringing down prey that outweighed it […]
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Sep 26
Sep 26
‘Ecological Armageddon’: mammals vanish entirely from forest fragments after 25 years
By Herp News As tropical forests worldwide are increasingly cut into smaller and smaller fragments, mammal extinctions may not be far behind, according to a new study in Science. Tracking native smalls mammals in Chiew Larn Reservoir, Thailand for over 25 years, scientists found a stunning and rapid decline in mammal populations, until most forests […]
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Oldest existing lizard-like fossil hints at scaly origins
Before the age of the dinosaurs, a mass extinction event occurred that destroyed 70 percent of all terrestrial vertebrate species and almost all aquatic species. It took as long as 10 million years for life on earth to recover from what is now known as the end-Permian extinction event. After that recovery but before the […]
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Oldest lizard-like fossil yet to be found hints at scaly origins
By Herp News The fossilized remains of a reptile closely related to lizards are the oldest yet to be discovered. Two new fossil jaws discovered in Vellberg, Germany provide the first direct evidence that the ancestors of lizards, snakes and tuatara (known collectively as lepidosaurs) were alive during the Middle Triassic period — around 240 […]
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A giant tortoise goes missing in West County, and time is running out
By Herp News He was last seen on Manchester Road near Highway OO in July. When it gets cold, he won't survive long. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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