By Herp News This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on March 31, 2014 and cumulati Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Mar 31
Mar 31
Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. Provides Section 19(a) Notice
By Herp News This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on March 31, 2014 and cumulati Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Herp News Roundup: Reptiles not welcome at new 49ers stadium
You may love them, but your reptiles aren’t welcome at 49ers football games. Read more… Herpetologist Natalia Rossi talks about crocodiles in southeastern Cuba as part of a celebration of the contributions of women to the practice of conservation. Read more… The New York Times takes a look at rattlesnake “round-ups” and gassing… probably more […]
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By Herp News Vietnam saved 431,000 kWh of electricity during last weekend's Earth Hour campaign, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. For one hour from 8.30pm to 9.30pm on March 29, Vietnamese from cities and provinces across the country joined the rest of the world in switching off non-essential lights as a symbol for their commitment […]
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Snakes, lizards and more on display at Northeast Reptile Expo
By Herp News Posted March 30, 2014, at 5:27 p.m. Kate Anderson of Concord, New Hampshire, laughs as Bruce, a ball python, slithers around her ball cap at the start of the Northeast Reptile Expo on Sunday at the Cross Insurance Center. Kate and her husband, Josh, own WTF Reptiles in New Hampshire. Go to […]
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Man pleads guilty in sea turtle egg case
By Herp News Kenneth Cornelius Coleman of Riviera Beach, who is 52 years old, has pleaded guilty to egg poaching after sea turtle nests were found to be disturbed in Juno Beach. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle found abandoned on beach
By Herp News A turtle which only lives in freshwater in America has been discovered on a beach in Hampshire. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Reptile Gardens opens for its 77th season
By Herp News The home to a number of slithering serpents and all kinds of creepy crawlies currently holds the world record for the most reptile species under one roof. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Frankie Tortoise Tails – Spring Green
Frankie has a new best friend. I am not the new best friend because I moved him to Mobile. Up to this point Frankie is not happy about being in Mobile. It is going to get better. Yesterday it got a bit better. I’m back in Frankie’s Top Five Friend List as I did introduce […]
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PlanetShoes.com Now Carrying Lizard Shoes
By Herp News Lifestyle retailer PlanetShoes.com expands their ever-growing line of outdoor footwear to include Lizard shoes. (PRWeb March 29, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/03/prweb11684624.htm Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Herp Video of the Week: Boa Constrictor photo compilation!
Check out our Herp Video of the Week, submitted by kingsnake.com user boa2cobras. Submit your own reptile and amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Why Supply Chain Leaders Should Aspire to be a Tortoise not a Hare
By Herp News Remember the Aesop Fable, The Tortoise and the Hare? It is one of my favorites. Based upon my research, I think that it needs to be retold over and over again. It should be especially relevant for supply chain leaders. Why? I have been studying corporate balance sheet data for the […]
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Columbian boy discovers new frog species in swimming pool
Did you ever find anything cool when you were a kid? How about discovering an entirely new species in a swimming pool? From National Geographic: The 1.5-inch-long (4-centimeter-long) frog “is rather strange-looking—it’s quite fat with short legs and bright orange spots on its sides,” said Luis German Naranjo, WWF Colombia‘s conservation director. Naranjo and a […]
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Kala: the face of tigers in peril
By Herp News In 1864, Walter Campbell was an officer in the British Army, stationed in India when he penned these words in his journal: “Never attack a tiger on foot—if you can help it. There are cases in which you must do so. Then face him like a Briton, and kill him if you […]
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Scientists reunite turtle fossils found at least 160 years apart (+video)
By Herp News An amateur paleontologist discovered part of a limb bone of a huge sea turtle that lived some 70 million years ago. The other part of the same bone was first described in 1849. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Did you hear the one about the man who builds snake robots for a living?
This physicist doesn’t just spend his days working with sidewinder rattlesnakes, but he makes robots of them, too. From Popular Science: Daniel Goldman spends his days working with venomous rattlesnakes, baby sea turtles, and a dozen other types of animals. But he isn’t a zookeeper, or even a biologist. He’s a physicist, studying locomotion at […]
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Scientists reunite turtle fossils found at least 160 years apart
By Herp News An amateur paleontologist discovered part of a limb bone of a huge sea turtle that lived some 70 million years ago. The other part of the same bone was first described in 1849. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Europe approves vet drug that killed off almost all of Asia’s vultures
By Herp News When Europeans first arrived in North America, they exterminated three to five billion passenger pigeons (Ectopistes migratorius) in the short span of a century through a combination of habitat destruction and hunting. In 1914, the last living passenger pigeon perished at the Cincinnati Zoo. Despite the staggering scale of this extinction event, […]
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Paleontologists assemble giant turtle bone from fossil discoveries made centuries apart
By Herp News A broken fossil turtle bone discovered by an amateur paleontologist in 2012 turned out to be the missing half of a bone first described in 1849. The surprising puzzle discovery has led paleontologists to revise conventional wisdom of how long fossils can survive exposed to surface conditions. It also provides insight into […]
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Two Parts Of Same Sea Turtle Fossil Found 160 Years Apart
By Herp News [ Watch the Video: Two Turtle Bones Reunited After 160 Years ] Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Against insurmountable odds and after more than 160 years, an ancient sea turtle has finally been reunited – with itself. Fossil evidence of the massive turtle Atlantochelys mortoni was first discovered in […]
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Two halves of the same sea turtle fossil discovered 160 years apart
By Herp News Brooks Hays March 25 (UPI) — The two halves of a sea turtle humerus, their discoveries separated by almost two centuries, fit perfectly together. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle car points to the future
By Herp News Thermoplastic exoskeleton could revolutionise car design. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Man finds ancient sea giant
By Herp News Now that paleontologists have assembled a complete humerus bone from the sea turtle Atlantocheyls mortoni , they have more information about the species and its overall size. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Long lost mammal photographed on camera trap in Vietnam
By Herp News In 1929, two sons of Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy Junior and Kermit) led an expedition that killed a barking deer, or muntjac, in present-day Laos, which has left scientists puzzled for over 80 years. At first scientists believed it to be a distinct species of muntjac and named it Roosevelt’s muntjac (Muntiacus rooseveltorum), […]
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Ex-Animal Planet host sentenced for lizard sale
By Herp News LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former host of Animal Planet's “Wild Recon” show has been sentenced to two years' probation and 200 hours of community service after admitting to trying to sell two endangered Iranian desert monitor lizards without a permit. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]
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Evidence of 25 million year old venomous snake found in Africa
Researchers at Ohio University have found evidence that a venomous snake existed in Africa 25 million years ago. From Science World: “In the Oligocene epoch, from about 34 to 23 million years ago, we would have expected to see a fauna dominated by booid snakes, such as boas and pythons. These are generally ‘sit and […]
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Turtle Canyon Now Open at Newport Aquarium
By Herp News Newport Aquarium’s newest exhibit Turtle Canyon opened to the public at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 22, following an Annual Passholder preview event. (PRWeb March 22, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/03/prweb11694336.htm Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Over 9,000 primates killed for single bushmeat market in West Africa every year
By Herp News Over the past 25 years, West Africa’s primates have been put at risk due to an escalating bushmeat trade compounded with forest loss from expanding human populations. In fact, many endemic primates in the Upper Guinea forests of Liberia and Ivory Coast have been pushed to the verge of extinction. To better […]
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A Reptile Dysfunction: Unlikely Sources of Salmonella
By Herp News Salmonella may well be one of the most disreputable microbes in Western society. It’s infamous for its food-poisoning capabilities and has a well known history of wrecking the bonhomous vibe following a good summer barbecue, not to mention its singular ability to cast a sickly shadow over the breathtaking bounty of an […]
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Meet Iman: the Sumatran rhino’s newest hope for survival
By Herp News Hopes for one of the world’s most imperiled megafauna rose this month when wildlife conservationists succeeded in catching a female Sumatran rhino named Iman in the Malaysian state of Sabah. The female, which experts believe to be fertile, has since been successfully transferred via helicopter to the Borneo Rhino Sanctuary where experts […]
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Sea snakes chronically dehydrated because they can't drink salt water
Scientists always assumed yellow-bellied sea snake, like other sea-living creatures, could process the salt out of sea water to meet their needs for hydration without the negative effects of salinity. Turns out they were wrong, according to researcher Harvey Lillywhite from the University of Florida. From National Geographic: Lillywhite started studying this species in 2009, […]
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Sea snakes chronically dehydrated because they can't drink salt wter
Scientists always assumed yellow-bellied sea snake, like other sea-living creatures, could process the salt out of sea water to meet their needs for hydration without the negative effects of salinity. Turns out they were wrong, according to researcher Harvey Lillywhite from the University of Florida. From National Geographic: Lillywhite started studying this species in 2009, […]
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Geo-tagging, turtle hatchery to boost local conservation
By Herp News Turtle conservationist Kevin Muhammed, left, of the Grande Riviere Nature Tour Guides Association (GRNTGA) with Nigel Darlow, CEO, Atlantic. Atlantic has partnered with the Turtle Village Trust since 2008, and is the sole sponsor of the National Sea Turtle Tagging and Monitoring Programme. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com […]
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TURTLE camp aims to improve lifestyle choices
By Herp News The two-day camp held four times yearly is for American Indian children. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Panola hosts Reptile Day
By Herp News Reptile Day at Panola Mountain Snake Park Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Hasty: Reptile expert shares the love
By Herp News WHITEVILLE – The woman who once exhibited a definite soft spot for an alligator was at it again last week. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle carcasses found in Sabah
By Herp News KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia – An academic studying the economic behaviour of Sabah's northern communities stumbled upon 60 decomposing turtle carcasses on a remote island. Universiti Malaysia Sabah's Dr James Alin, an economist, said he was carrying out research at Pulau Tiga – an island under the proposed Tun Mustapha marine park in […]
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Mangalore: Stomach this – Dead lizard found in food at Wenlock hospital
By Herp News Mangalore Mar 21: In a stomach-churning incident, a patient who was admitted to Wenlock Hospital found a dead lizard in the food provided by the hospital. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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'Turtle Canyon' opens Saturday at Newport Aquarium
By Herp News On Friday's FOX19 Morning News, we'll get an inside view of the new turtle exhibit at Newport Aquarium. Kelly Rippin will be live there from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Herp Video of the Week: Tadpole to Frog!
Check out our Herp Video of the Week, submitted by kingsnake.com user Minuet. Submit your own reptile and amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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