By Herp News One of the world’s biggest populations of greater bamboo lemurs (Prolemur simus)—sometimes known as the panda lemur—has doubled in just three years, giving conservationists new hope that the species can be kept from extinction. With the recent arrival of twenty babies, a community conservation project run by the Aspinall Foundation has boosted […]
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Mar 20
Mar 20
Oldest fossil evidence of modern African venomous snakes found in Tanzania
By Herp News Scientists have found the oldest definitive fossil evidence of modern, venomous snakes in Africa. The newly discovered fossils demonstrate that elapid snakes — such as cobras, kraits and sea snakes — were present in Africa as early as 25 million years ago. Elapids belong to a larger group of snakes known as […]
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They're not making gigantic prehistoric lizards as big as they used to
Way back in the 50s — the 1850s, that is — a scientist named discovered fossils of an Australian lizard he dubbed Megalania prisca. Measuring around 20 feet long, and suspected of living at the same time as early humans arrived on Australia, he was one big scary lizard. Or not. From the NatGeo blog […]
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Slither your way to Repticon
By Herp News Repticon Reptile and Exotic Animal Conventions happen all over the U.S., and the organization called Savannah home in the early 2000s. Now, Repticon is returning to Savannah for 2014, and event coordinator Skip Peel gives us the dirt behind the show. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products […]
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Sneak peak: 'Turtle Canyon' coming to Newport Aquarium
By Herp News A new turtle exhibit is coming to the Newport Aquarium. The cameras were rolling on Wednesday afternoon as FOX19 got a sneak peak at the new exhibit. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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