By Herp News Four donors from around the world have pledged $80 million to cat conservation group, Panthera. The money will fund projects working to preserve tigers, lions, jaguars, cheetahs, leopards, snow leopards, and cougars over ten years. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Jun 03
Jun 03
Frankie Tortoise Tails – Chance of Carrots
Just as distracting as a flea to a cat, so a new object in a yard draws the attention of a sulcata tortoise: specifically, Frankie the tortoise. Frankie has finely deemed the back yard worthy. With warm and sunny days now abundant, Frankie has taken to walking his yard, every inch, every day, for hours […]
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Ancient 900-Pound 'Monster' Anthracosuchus Balrogus Crocodile Named After Lord of the Rings
By Herp News The reptile, discovered in the same layer of rock as the Titanoboa fossil in the Cerrejon coal mine of northern Colombia, has been named after the “demons of terror” Balrogs characters in the Lord of the Rings. “Much like that giant beast, Anthracosuchus balrogus was awakened from deep within a mine after 60 […]
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Melting glacier reveals fish-lizard fossils
Climate change may not be good for the wildlife we’ve still got, but the melting glaciers it’s causing are revealing some pretty cool fossils. From HuffPo: Dozens of nearly complete skeletons of prehistoric marine reptiles have been uncovered near a melting glacier in southern Chile. Scientists found 46 specimens from four different species of extinct […]
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Million dollar plans to extend grasslands for legless lizard and golden moth
By Herp News The ACT government will spend $1.5million to extend the grassland homes of the striped legless lizard and the golden sun moth. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Ecotourism projects eyed for Tawi-Tawi’s Turtle Islands
By Herp News Ecotourism projects aimed to protect endangered marine species and help sustain community-based tourism enterprises are being developed on Turtle Islands, one of the world’s major nesting sites of marine turtles and located in the country’s southernmost frontier. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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