By Herp News The Critically Endangered European eel makes one of the most astounding migrations in the wild kingdom. After spending most of its life in Europe’s freshwater rivers, the eel embarks on an undersea odyssey, traveling 6,000 kilometers (3,720 miles) to the Sargasso Sea where it will spawn and die. The long-journeying eels larva […]

By Herp News Biologists recently documented one of nature’s least-known, big events. On the banks of the Purus River in the Brazilian Amazon, researchers witnessed the mass-hatching of an estimated 210,000 giant South American river turtles (Podocnemis expansa). The giant South American river turtle, or Arrau, is the world’s largest side-necked turtle and can grow […]

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By Herp News GRAND FORKS – A Grand Forks casino run by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa is far from becoming reality, said City Council members and tribal representatives, who presented a proposal for the project Monday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News The closed-end funds managed by Tortoise Capital Advisors declared the following distributions today: Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Cambodia has set aside an area of forest just slightly smaller than Singapore to protect the country’s national bird: the giant ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea). Listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List, the giant ibis is down to just a few hundred birds. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

By Herp News Almost nothing is known about the little dodo, a large, archaic, pigeon-like bird found only on the islands of Samoa. Worse still, this truly bizarre bird is on the verge of extinction, following the fate of its much more famous relative, the dodo bird. Recently, conservationists estimated that fewer than 200 survived […]

Of course, at kingsnake.com, we like alligators. Tom and Consandra Christmas in Mississippi don’t feel the same, at least when the reptiles are roaming around their front yard, which tye are. And they know who they blame: ExxonMobil, who they say managed their nearby property in such a way to drive more than 80 gators […]

By Herp News Turtle Beach is well known in the gaming community, with its gaming headsets favourites of tournament players. So you might be thinking what is a gaming headset company doing designing a headset with Apple users in mind. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News First footage promised for the 11th Febuary. The good folk of Turtle Rock Studios have made a lot of noise as of late about their upcoming four-versus-one monster hunting shooter Evolve. But despite giving an exclusive info blowout to a popular US magazine – as well as, bafflingly, the pre-order bonuses – […]

By Herp News These three Australian bands will all be touring in March and April. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News J.D. Willson, assistant professor of biological sciences, is available to comment on the recent discovery of a 17-foot, 8-inch Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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By Herp News Scientists have made an intensive survey and published the first distribution maps for lizards in Qatar. The study has increased the list of lizard species present in Qatar from 15 species recorded up to 2004 to 21 species. The study fills a gap concerning reptile diversity knowledge in Qatar and the Gulf […]

By Herp News Chitwan National Park is a conservation success story. Since its establishment in 1973 the park’s populations of both Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) and one-horned rhinos (Rhinoceros unicornis) have quintupled, a success achieved during a time when both species have been under siege globally by poachers. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the […]

Thirteen iguanas, one of them dead, were found crammed into a suitcase at Heathrow Airport in London. The surviving lizards are being cared for by veterinary specialists in the UK. From Sky.com: Officers found the reptiles in a case while carrying out customs checks at Terminal 5 on Monday. Each one was wrapped in an […]

Thirteen iguanas, one of them dead, were found crammed into a suitcase at Heathrow Airport in London. The surviving lizards are being cared for by veterinary specialists in the UK. From Sky.com: Officers found the reptiles in a case while carrying out customs checks at Terminal 5 on Monday. Each one was wrapped in an […]

By Herp News Chocohuital (Mexico) (AFP) – Well before his incredible tale of survival in a 13-month Pacific odyssey, fellow Mexican fishermen say Jose Salvador Alvarenga consumed the very things he claims saved him: raw fish and turtle blood. But a young man who accompanied him on the shark fishing trip in late 2012 died, […]

By Herp News The tuatara is an ancient reptile with three eyes and no penis. Its ancestors once walked with dinosaurs and it is often called a “living fossil”. These strange features are just a few reasons why Zealandia is celebrating this unique species during Tuatara February. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

By Herp News Chocohuital (Mexico) (AFP) – Well before his incredible tale of survival in a 13-month Pacific odyssey, fellow Mexican fishermen say Jose Salvador Alvarenga consumed the very things he claims saved him: raw fish and turtle blood. But a young man who accompanied him on the shark fishing trip in late 2012 died, […]

By Herp News The tuatara is an ancient reptile with three eyes and no penis. Its ancestors once walked with dinosaurs and it is often called a “living fossil”. We call it a “living treasure”. These strange features are just a few reasons why Zealandia … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]

By Herp News Pensoft Publishers The state of Qatar occupies a small peninsula of 11,500 km2 within the Arabian Peninsula . Both Qatar's population and economy have increased rapidly during the last decades, thus putting a strong pressure on native species. The commitment of the Qatari government towards sustainable development has triggered a variety of […]

By Herp News The genus Bombus consists of over 250 species of large, nectar-loving bumblebees. Their bright coloration serves as a warning to predators that they are unwelcome prey and their bodies are covered in a fine coat of hair – known as pile – which gives them their characteristically fuzzy look. Bumblebees display a […]

The fascinating body structures of sea snakes which adapt them for life in water are being studied by University of Adelaide researchers as inspiration for a marine robot – the first of its kind. Postgraduate mechanical engineering research student Amy Watson and a team of engineering, environmental science and computer science researchers will use the […]

By Herp News Huskies Appear To Be Rich In Guards After Napier Era Athens Christian didn't have much to lose, trailing by 20 points with less than five minutes left, facing the end of the season.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Golf, surf and sea creatures are among the attractions that beckon visitors to Turtle Bay Resort on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Huskies Appear To Be Rich In Guards After Napier Era Athens Christian didn't have much to lose, trailing by 20 points with less than five minutes left, facing the end of the season.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Surprising clatter cuts through the silence in the snowy forest shortly before sunrise. The powerful clicking sounds like a dropping Ping-Pong ball before culminating in a loud pop resembling the opening of a champagne bottle. This sound is heard clearly and far. Propped on a thick pine tree branch, with a peacock-fanned […]

Hundreds of dead reptiles and amphibians originating in Madagascar, some of them endangered species, were discovered at a South African airport. More than 1000 animals were in bad condition but alive, and are being treated by veterinarians at a local zoo. From the BBC: Some of the animals were so tightly packed together that they […]

By Herp News The reptile was reportedly spotted by a bus driver yesterday. The alarm was raised by Avon and Somerset Police Chief Constable Nick Gargan who said an officer had been 'flagged down' after the alleged sighting. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News It was a scene out of National Geographic. 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 Jan. 31, 2014, 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 Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. today announced that as of Jan. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $411.4 million and its unaud 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 Jan. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $441.7 million and its unaudit Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise North American Energy Corp. today announced that as of Jan. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $286.6 million and its unaudited 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 Jan. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $236.5 million and Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. today announced that as of Jan. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $1.2 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 Energy Infrastructure Corp. today announced that as of Jan. 31, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.3 billion and its unaudited ne Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

By Herp News Jose Salvador Albarengo, 37, a fisherman from El Salvador, told officials that he survived more than a year adrift in the Pacific Ocean, drinking turtle blood and catching fish with his bare hands. But the acting secretary of foreign affairs for the Marshall Islands, Gee Bing, said he was skeptical of Albarengo’s […]

By Herp News Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT), a 501c3 organization fighting human trafficking through the efforts of the trucking industry, has released a new video titled, “I am NOT a Lot Lizard.” Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links