By Herp News The African stink ant creates large underground colonies that are home to anywhere from hundreds to thousands of ants, and occasionally a frog or two. The West African rubber frog hides in the humid nests to survive the long dry season of southern and central Africa. However, the ant colonies are armed […]
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Mar 14
Mar 14
A Turtle’s Tale: researchers discover baby turtles’ kindergarten (photos)
By Herp News Kate Mansfield, at her lab in the University of Central Florida, is holding a baby loggerhead turtle, smaller than her palm, painting manicure acrylic on its shell. When the base coat dries out, she glues on top a neoprene patch from an old wetsuit with hair extensions adhesive. Finally, she attaches a […]
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Motion, muscles don’t always work in lockstep, researchers find in surprising new study
By Herp News Animals ‘do the locomotion’ every day, whether it’s walking down the hall to get some coffee or darting up a tree to avoid a predator. And until now, scientists believed the inner workings of movement were pretty much the same. But in a first-of-its-kind study on wild green anole lizards, biologists have […]
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Herp Video of the Week: Feeding Time!
Check out “Feeding Time,” a video submitted by kingsnake.com user variuss11. 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
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