By Herp News Evan Bleier Dec. 9 (UPI) — Repticon Orlando highlighted by “morphed” ball pythons and rare black dragon. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Turtle Wax Inc.'s top management is in flux again, with the latest CEO exiting last fall after less than a year on the job and the company so far leaving the job unfilled. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

A robotic turtle, deveoped at the Tallinn University of Technology’s Centre for Biorobotics, premiered at Robot Safari at the London Science Museum. The robot is intended to be used to investigate shipwrecks, but after that will probably take over the world. Read all about it here. Photo: Tallinn University of Technology …read more Read more […]

By Herp News Byline: The Lizard lifeboat was tasked last night (Wednesday) to carry out a search from Black Head on the Lizard Peninsular toward Lizard Point after a fisherman was reported overdue. Page Content: Falmouth Coastguard had received a 999 call at around 7pm reporting a man overdue from a fishing trip. The male […]

By Herp News If you are a big rat at the Repticon reptile show, you are frozen solid, sealed in a plastic baggie, and sold in a five-pack for $26. Rat pinkies, tiny and hairless, sell in baggies of 100 for $75. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon […]

By Herp News If you are a big rat at the Repticon reptile show, you are frozen solid, sealed in a plastic baggie, and sold in a five-pack for $26. Rat pinkies, tiny and hairless, sell in baggies of 100 for $75.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]

By Herp News In our youth we are strong and healthy and then we weaken and die — that’s probably how most would describe what aging is all about. But, in nature, the phenomenon of aging shows an unexpected diversity of patterns and is altogether rather strange, conclude researchers. Go to Source …read more Read […]

Check out our Herp Video of the Week, “Eastern hog defensive display,” submitted by kingsnake.com user wisema2297. Submit your own reptile & amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/ and you could see them featured here or check out all the videos submitted by other users! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto […]

Check out this video “Eastern Hog Defensive display,” submitted by kingsnake.com user wisema2297. Submit your own reptile & amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/ and you could see them featured here or check out all the videos submitted by other users! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News TEN-MAN Lazy Lizard belied their name by sinking the Sailors Return at Redlands. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News After playing, feeding, and socializing in trees all day, some ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) take their nightly respite in caves, according to a new study in Madagascar Conservation and Development. The findings are important because this is the first time scientists have ever recorded primates regularly using caves (see video below). Go […]

New research into the Cerataphora lizard, an endangered agamid lizard from Sri Lanka, suggests that the animal uses its horns to communicate. From National Geographic: Ruchira Somaweera, a zoologist at the University of Sydney and principal investigator in the yearlong field study, which is funded by the National Geographic Society, said the data is still […]

By Herp News Biologists have observed two crocodilian species — muggers and American alligators — using twigs and sticks to lure birds, particularly during nest-building time. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News TEN-MAN Lazy Lizard belied their name by sinking the Sailors Return at Redlands. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Beginning next year, light planes and helicopters will undertake the first ever continent-wide aerial survey of Africa’s vanishing elephant populations. The hugely ambitious initiative, which will count elephant herds in 13 countries, is being funded by Microsoft founder, Paul Allen, through his Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. Go to Source …read more […]

By Herp News The montane rainforests of East Africa are little-known to the global public. The Amazon and Congo loom much larger in our minds, while the savannas of East Africa remain the iconic ecosystems for the region. However these ancient, biodiverse forests—sitting on the tops of mountains rising from the African savanna—are home to […]

By Herp News Last Updated: 4:03pm, Dec 04, 2013PETALING JAYA (Dec 4): Pakatan Rakyat has accused the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry…         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

Students at Wichita State University have found chytrid, a fungus deadly to frogs, in Kansas ponds and streams. From the Wichita Eagle: Students working with (biologist Mary Liz) Jameson in her Wichita State University field ecology class over the last three years have confirmed the fears of anyone in Kansas who likes frogs: They found […]

By Herp News Turtle Beach, which has made a name for itself in the video game arena, has released the Ear Force i30, a headset designed for mobile devices. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Bigger than all of Brazil, among the harshest ecosystems on Earth, and largely undeveloped, one would expect that the Sahara desert would be a haven for desert wildlife. One would anticipate that big African animals—which are facing poaching and habitat loss in other parts of the world—would thrive in this vast wilderness. […]

By Herp News Legend has it that lonely sailors mistook them for beautiful, mythical mermaids. But as it turns out, the muse behind these beguiling sea nymphs was instead the dugong – a rather ungainly, gentle and mini-bus sized marine mammal, cousin to the manatees and part of the sea cow family. However, while they […]

By Herp News Most of the species on Earth we never see. In fact, we have no idea what they look like, much less how spectacular they are. In general, people can identify relatively few of their backyard species, much less those of other continents. This disconnect likely leads to an inability in the general […]

By Herp News Parametric Sound Corporation , a leading innovator of audio technology and solutions, announced today the filing of the definitive proxy statement with the SEC for the special meeting of its stockholders … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Scientists have developed a method to determine where animals obtain essential amino acids. They discovered that all life forms leave traces or ‘fingerprints’ in amino acids during biosynthesis. With these fingerprints, which are based on naturally occurring isotope variations, it is possible for the first time to distinguish between algal, bacterial, fungal […]

By Herp News Biologists who have recently sequenced the genome of the king cobra, say that their work reveals dynamic evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system, which seemingly occurs in response to an evolutionary arms race between venomous snakes and their prey. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]

Malaysian authorities are pointing fingers at each other after a documentary, The Return of the Lizard King, alleged that Anson Wong was still active in the illegal wildlife trading business after a high-profile arrest and conviction in 2010. Wong was orginally sentenced to five years for trafficking wildlife including endangered species like snow leopards, pandas, […]

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. today announced that as of Nov. 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.1 billion and its unaudited net asset Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Nov. 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $233.8 million and Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Nov. 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $392.8 million and its unaud Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Nov. 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.0 billion and its unaudited net asset value Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise North American Energy Corp. today announced that as of Nov. 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $267.5 million and its unaudited Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Nov. 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $442.7 million and its unaudit Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. today announced that as of Nov. 30, 2013, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.2 billion and its unaudited ne Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Delta is a 15-month-old loggerhead sea turtle that has found its home at the Tybee Island Marine Science Center for the past year. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The Burmese python’s ability to ramp up its metabolism and enlarge its organs to swallow and digest prey whole can be traced to unusually rapid evolution and specialized adaptations of its genes and the way they work, an international team of biologists says. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]

By Herp News We've written about Cloud b's Twilight Turtle before. It's an adorable plush turtle toy whose shell softly glows, helping your child get to sleep at night. read more Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo and the Canadian Raptor Conservancy gave Thunder Bay residents a chance Sunday to get a close look at some exotic animals and learn about them at the same time. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

A former Animal Planet personality admitted he sold endangered lizards in a federal court last week. From NBC Los Angeles: Donald Schultz, 35, the former host of “Wild Recon” on Animal Planet, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to violating the Endangered Species Act by offering to sell, and actually selling, two live desert monitor […]

By Herp News Devils Lake Wrestling hosted Turtle Mountain and Fargo Davies in a three-team meet on Friday night at the Sports Center, and in both match ups, the Firebirds came out on the losing end. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Devils Lake Wrestling hosted Turtle Mountain and Fargo Davies in a three-team meet on Friday night at the Sports Center, and in both match ups, the Firebirds came out on the losing end. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links