By Herp News Most satellite tagging studies of leatherbacks have focused on adult females on their tropical nesting beaches, so little is known worldwide about males and subadults, the researcher point out. But now, tagging and satellite tracking in locations where leatherbacks forage has allowed the scientists to get a much richer picture of the […]
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Mar 19
Mar 19
5th Mai Khao Turtle Release Set For Songkrans April 13, 2014
By Herp News The 5th Mai Khao Turtle Release is scheduled for April 13, 2014 on Phuket’s beautiful Mai Khao Beach. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Scientist discovers a plethora of new praying mantises (pictures)
By Herp News Despite their pacific name, praying mantises are ferocious top predators with powerful, grasping forelimbs; spiked legs; and mechanistic jaws. In fact, imagine a tiger that can rotate its head 180 degrees or a great white that blends into the waves and you’ll have a sense of why praying mantises have developed a […]
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Veterinarian helps sea turtles blinded by tumors
Seven sea turtles, named Hook, Jack, Emerald, Chris, Augustus, Jared and Pe’e, suffering from blindness caused by fibropapilloma tumors around their eyes, can see again, thanks toa Florida veterinarian Dr. Lorraine Karpinski. From the Miami Herald: The turtles didn’t know it, but their lives were in the hands of the sandal-wearing vet who has worked […]
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Reptile displays
By Herp News ATHENS—Do you want to learn to camp? Kayak? Fish? Cook gourmet campfire meals? Learn more about snakes and fish and birds? Outdoor Fools Day March 29 at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens will help you develop skills and increase your knowledge in all those areas by doing them yourself under […]
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Turtle Watch Association return turtle to ocean
By Herp News THERE was nothing slow and steady about Harry the hawksbill turtle’s return to the ocean. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Reptile House undergoing facelift at Abilene Zoo
By Herp News The Reptile House is under renovations at the Abilene Zoo. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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