By Herp News Amazon river turtles communicate with their hatchlings and with one another using vocalizations, recordings reveal. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Aug 18
Aug 18
Tortoisegate 2014: New Aspen Art Museum Under Fire for iPad-Topped Turtles
By Herp News Building photo via Architectural Digest, turtle photo via Change.org Aspen's brand new $45 million art museum may have the Pritzker Prize winning architect Shigeru Ban on its side, but that doesn't mean it's immune from criticism. And while originally… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon […]
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13 newly-discovered birds declared extinct
By Herp News In a recent update of the IUCN Red List, scientists have identified 13 new bird species that have gone extinct since 1500. In total the list now finds that at least 140 bird species gone extinct in the past five hundred years, representing 1.3 percent of the world’s total known birds. Go […]
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Coast Guard rescues trapped leatherback
The Coast Guard is known for saving endangered sailors, but one crew can say they saved an endangered turtle. From MYFOXNY: The United States Coast Guard has released video showing a crew saving a huge sea turtle from a dangerous, tangled situation off the New Jersey coast. The video shows Coast Guard members from Station […]
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Volunteers help protect Florida sea turtle nests
By Herp News DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Mike Daley hits the beach on Canaveral National Seashore before dawn most mornings, climbing into an all-terrain vehicle to survey 12 miles of beach, looking for unique trails in the sand that tell him a sea turtle plodded ashore to lay her eggs. Daley is among a […]
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Lizard heating lamp causes small fire in Ashland.
By Herp News Ashland, Ore. — A lizard heat lamp is being blamed for starting a small fire inside of an Ashland home. Ashland Fire and Rescue responded to a report of a fire on the 300 block of Idaho street around 7 Sunday morning. Firefighters say the heat lamp was sitting on the wood […]
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