By Herp News Rescuers free large leatherback turtle that got entangled in fishing gear off Jersey Shore Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Aug 12
Aug 12
Roadside research from pinelands and coast to coast
By Herp News Three doctoral students did a cross-country road trip survey of roadside ecology, and now report on a rare plant that thrives in the aftermath of wildfires, pine snakes and the impact of roads on their habitat and newborn pine snakes’ map-making ability. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]
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Demand for shark fin plunging
By Herp News Shark fin demand has dropped precipitously in China in just a few years, according to a new report by WildAid. Shark fin traders in Guangzhou—the current informal capital of the shark fin trade—say their sales have fallen by 82 percent in just two years, according to WildAid. Go to Source …read more […]
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Jane Goodall: how many elephants will be killed on World Elephant Day?
By Herp News Marking World Elephant Day, a designation intended to raise awareness about the plight of elephants that are being widely poached for the ivory trade, primatologist Jane Goodall urged people to have greater compassion for Earth’s largest land animals. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto […]
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World's 10,000th reptile species identified
Advocates hope the the discovery of world’s 10,000th reptile species leads to greater protections for endangered herps. From Mongabay News: The new milestone is important because it means reptiles are as diverse as birds, which are generally considered to include around 10,000 species. Uetz predicts that reptiles will soon surpass birds given the rate of […]
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Turtle Beach Announces Second Quarter 2014 Results
By Herp News SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ: HEAR) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. Highlights & Developments Second quarter net … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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