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Archive for May 12th, 2014


   May 12

Leonardo DiCaprio donates $1M toward ending elephant poaching crisis

By Herp News Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has stepped up with a $1 million donation to the Elephant Crisis Fund, an initiative that aims to stop the ivory poaching crisis. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 12

Tortoise Capital Advisors Announces Distribution Dates and Amounts for Closed-End Funds

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

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   May 12

Potential cure for captive amphibians with chytrid fungus

By Herp News Researchers have identified an alternative to a sometimes toxic therapy that protects frogs in zoos from a deadly fungal infection that has been destroying the amphibian populations worldwide. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 12

Reptile Gardens listed in Guinness World Records

By Herp News RAPID CITY — The Reptile Gardens tourist attraction in Rapid City is now in the record books. The facility that is home to more than 200 species of reptiles from around the world is listed in the latest edition of the Guinness World Records book, as the world's largest collection of reptiles. […]

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   May 12

After 89-year absence a wolf returns to Iowa…and is shot dead

By Herp News DNA testing has confirmed that an animal shot in February in Iowa’s Buchanan County was in fact a wolf, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. This is the first confirmed gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the U.S. state since 1925. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]

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   May 12

A tale of two snake stories

The media usually doesn’t do a very good job with its coverage of snake stories, so when it does, we take notice. Compare these two articles: One uses science to tell its story, and one uses media panic. London’s Camden New Journal gives an overview of the discovery of a colony of around 30 Aesculapian […]

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