By Herp News Jane Goodall is not only arguably the most famous conservationist who ever lived, but also the most well-known and respected female scientist on the planet today. Her path to reach that stature is an unlikely as it is inspiring. Told to ‘never give up’ by her mother, Goodall set out in her […]
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Nov 19
Nov 19
Gone for good: world’s largest earwig declared extinct
By Herp News The world has lost a giant: this week the IUCN Red List officially declared St. Helena giant earwig extinct. While its length of 80 millimeters (3.1 inches) may not seem like much, it’s massive for an earwig and impressive for an insect. Only found on the island of St. Helena in the […]
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Stop what you’re doing and look at this Filipino basketball player’s lizard haircut
By Herp News Blackwater Elite's Ogie Menor proves Philippines Basketball Association style is wilder than NBA style. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Ogie Menor turns heads with 'lizard' hairstyle
By Herp News Blackwater Elite may have lost their seventh straight game in the 2014 PBA Philippine Cup but forward Ogie Menor was the big winner in social media as he stunned everyone with his unique lizard hairstyle. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Dirty Beaches' Alex Zhang Hungtai Shares New Music As Last Lizard
By Herp News Photo by Tonje Thilesen Dirty Beaches ', aka Alex Zhang Hungtai, recently announced he would be ending his work as Dirty Beaches with the promise of “NEW PROJECTS NEW MUSIC COMING SOON 2015”. Now, as Stereogum reports, he's shared two new tracks under his new alias Last Lizard. Listen to the instrumental […]
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How to build a bigger greenhouse for herps, part 1
While our little temporary greenhouse was great for its purpose, it wasn’t much of a barrier to large threats, such as a big dog, or heavy winds or weather. It wasn’t anchored at all, and could be lifted up and moved with two hands. And in the end it was temporary, just as planned. To […]
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Tortoise ribs evolved into shells
What does the evolution of the tortoise shell have to do with breathing? From Phys.org: Lead author Dr Tyler Lyson of Wits University’s Evolutionary Studies Institute, the Smithsonian Institution and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science said: “Tortoises have a bizarre body plan and one of the more puzzling aspects to this body plan […]
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India’s only captive white crocodile to be set free soon
By Herp News The rare reptile has been in the Bhitarkanika National Park for the past 39 years Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Herp Photo of the Day: Kingsnake!
It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user pikiemikie! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Tortoise Ride
By Herp News This ain’t your granddaddy’s South Georgia gopher. What we have here is a Sulcata African land tortoise, one of 11 that belong to Randy Gallager of North Carolina. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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